A wise man may look ridiculous in the company of fools.-Thomas Fuller, M.D. (1654-1734), _Gnomologia_ [1732]
In the list of pointless institutions that exist in the UK the Greens hover somewhere between the Scotland-Uranus trade association and the campaign to grant tax advantages to dolphins. They exist to give Holyrood a rainbow complexion and make us feel guilty about climate change. The extent to which they are out of touch is highlighted by their aversion to aeroplanes and cars. This ignores the fact that cheap air travel and mass-produced automobiles were two of the most liberating changes in the lives of poor people in the past 50 years or so. It allowed access to distant relatives and friends that had been the exclusive preserve of rich people and royalty.- http://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/15611193.Kevin_McKenna__This_ban_smacks_of_pandering_to_the_middle_class_dilettantes/?ref=twtrec
“In Jesus, God is 100% for us. Do you live in this paradise?” Do you go to bed in this paradise?”- John Piper
People fall in private, long before they fall in public. The tree falls with a great crash, but the secret decay which accounts for it, is often not discovered until it is down on the ground.- J.C. Ryle
The greatest analgesic, soporific, stimulant, tranquilizer, narcotic, and to some extent even antibiotic--in short, the closest thing to a genuine panacea--known to medical science is work. - Thomas Szasz
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