To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny.
Our faith is faith in someone else's faith and in the greatest matters this is most the case.
Ask those who love Him with a sincere love and they will tell you that they find no greater or prompter relief amid the troubles of their life than in loving conversation with their Divine Friend.
I think the greatest taboos in America are faith and failure.
The greatest failure is that although we have created institutions we have not created a civil society.
The failure of Christianity in the areas west from Sicily was even greater and was increased by the spread of Arab outlooks and influence to that area and especially to Spain.
Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level the greater the failure. A centrally planned totalitarian state represents a complete defeat for the civilized world while a totally voluntary society represents its ultimate success.
America traditionally represents the greatest possibility of someone's going from nothing to something. Why? In theory if not practice the government stays out of the way and lets individuals take risks and reap rewards or accept the consequences of failure. We call this capitalism - or at least we used to.
The higher the artist the fewer the gestures. The fewer the tools the greater the imagination. The greater the will the greater the secret failure.
African Americans make up about 13 percent of the U.S. population but comprise 32 percent of patients treated for kidney failure giving them a kidney failure rate that is 4.2 times greater than that of white Americans.
We need to teach the highly educated man that it is not a disgrace to fail and that he must analyze every failure to find its cause. He must learn how to fail intelligently for failing is one of the greatest arts in the world.
There is no loneliness greater than the loneliness of a failure. The failure is a stranger in his own house.
Every adversity every failure and every heartache carries with it the Seed of an equivalent or greater Benefit.
So while I will never minimize the costs involved in military action I am convinced that a failure to act in Libya would have carried a far greater price for America.
Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.
In order to succeed your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.
It is not a disgrace to fail. Failing is one of the greatest arts in the world.
Every adversity every failure every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit.
The greatest way for people to experience a comedy is to go in not knowing anything about it. But because of marketing it's impossible. Marketing meaning that in order to get people to come you can't just go 'Hey there's a great movie - we're not going to show you anything from it but trust us!'
The possibility of a scientific treatment of history means a wider experience a greater maturity of practical reason and finally a fuller realization of certain basic ideas regarding the nature of life and time.
The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap it consoles it distracts it excites it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination.
I understand now that the vulnerability I've always felt is the greatest strength a person can have. You can't experience life without feeling life. What I've learned is that being vulnerable to somebody you love is not a weakness it's a strength.
The greatest gift is the passion for reading. It is cheap it consoles it distracts it excites it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination.
I firmly believe that all human beings have access to extraordinary energies and powers. Judging from accounts of mystical experience heightened creativity or exceptional performance by athletes and artists we harbor a greater life than we know.