„By professing no ideal in morality, these nice people can never be accused of not living up to their creed. This is the great advantage that they have over the Christians — whose creed is so lofty that they can often and truly be accused of failing to meet its demands.“

— Fulton J. Sheen

Tags:

„Many Japanese speak English. But they do not think our thoughts. They worship at other shrines; profess another creed; observe a different code. They can no more be moved by Christian pacifism than wolves by the bleating of sheep. We have to deal with a people whose values are in many respects altogether different from our own.“
— Winston S. Churchill
„A pastor should never complain about his congregation, certainly never to other people, but also not to God. A congregation has not been entrusted to him in order that he should become its accuser before God and men.“
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
„A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert.“
— Andrew Carnegie
„People whose wishes get granted often don't turn out to be very nice people.“
— Terry Pratchett
„Be nice to every-body. You meet the same people going up as you meet going down.“
— Ben Carson