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I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy.
— Joseph Heller
It is my business, to manage carefully and dexterously whatever happens
— Epictetus
People who own the world outright for profit will have to be stopped by influence, by power, by us.
— Wendell Berry
God casts the die, not the dice.
— Albert Einstein
Remember, you will never change what you permit, and never challenge what you allow.
— Perry Stone
When you ask them what's wrong with the world, they never say there is not enough religion. They say there is not enough peace, prosperity, security, comfort, health care, or environmental responsibility. In other words, not enough human control over nature and human nature.
— Peter Kreeft
What is voluntary comes from the will; what is forced comes to the will from outside and prevents it from doing what it will.
— Peter Kreeft
The root of pride is found to consist in man not being in some way subject to God and His rule.
— Peter Kreeft
The heart spiritually is the will, not the feelings. It is under our control. Feelings are not.
— Peter Kreeft
all power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely").
— Peter Kreeft
Politics and religion have always worked in tandem as the primary forces that control humanity. Politics compels compliance by authority, while religion draws compliance by attraction. When these two combine forces, their power becomes virtually absolute.
— David Jeremiah
That's why God is the answer to all our fears. If God is good and loving (and He is), and if God is all-powerful (and He is), and if God has a purpose and a plan that include His children (and He does), and if we are His children (as I hope you are), then there is no reason to fear anything, for God is in control of everything.
— David Jeremiah