By the end of World War II, we were the most powerful and least damaged of the great nations. We also had most of the money. America's hegemony lasted exactly five years.
We shouldn't teach great books we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is a trivial achievement. Being inclined to go on reading is a great achievement.
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B.F. Skinner
One of the greatest gifts from God is the eternal perspective. It is a level of fearlessness, a level of understanding where one can experience even emotional harmony with God.
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Criss Jami
Great is God.
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Lailah Gifty Akita
Ah, what an awe great God!
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Lailah Gifty Akita
Great is the love of God.
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Lailah Gifty Akita
More Quotes By Gore Vidal
The important thing is not the object of love, but the emotion itself.
History is idle gossip about a happening whose truth is lost the instant it has taken place.
Ultimately, totalitarianism is the only sort of politics that can truly serve the sky-god's purpose. Any movement of a liberal nature endangers his authority and that of his delegates on earth. One God, one King, one Pope, one master in the factory, one father-leader in...
Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.
Life will be wonderful when men no longer fear dying. When the last superstitions are thrown out and we meet death with the same equanimity as life. No longer will children's minds be twisted by evil gods whose fantastic origin is in those barbaric tribes...
