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Basil W. Maturin

Basil W. Maturin quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“No one knows what is in him till he tries, and many would never try if they were not forced to.”
-- Basil W. Maturin

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“We never get to love by hate, least of all by self-hatred.”
-- Basil W. Maturin

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“The central fire is desire, and all the powers of our being are given us to see, to fight for, and to win the object of our desire. Quench that fire and man turns to ashes.”
-- Basil W. Maturin

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“I believe there are few whose view of life has not been affected by the stern or kindly influences of their early childhood, which threw them in upon themselves in timidity and reserve, or drew them out in genial confidence and sympathy with their fellow creatures.”
-- Basil W. Maturin

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“I am not one of those people who will ever be comfortable mocking or making caricatures of the stereotypes attached to any community.”

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“It is impossible, Bible in hand, to limit Christ's Church to one's own little community. It is everywhere, in all parts of the world; and whatever its external form, frequently changing, often impure, yet the gifts wherever received increase our riches.”

Source : Abraham Kuyper (2007). “The Work of the Holy Spirit”, p.186, Cosimo, Inc.
“I want everyone to keep the property that he has acquired for himself according to the principle:benefit to the community precedes benefit to the individual. But the state should retain supervision and each property owner should consider himself appointed by the state. It is his duty not to use his property against the interests of others among his own people. This is the crucial matter. The Third Reich will always retain its right to control the owners of property.”
“The main plank in the National Socialist program is to abolish the liberalistic concept of the individual and the Marxist concept of humanity and to substitute for them the folk community, rooted in the soil and bound together by the bond of its common blood.”
“A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.”
“In trying to avoid one sin I've committed another.”
“I have a dreadful fear that the more you try to prevent revealing the self, the more you do.”
“Try lighting your house by prayer instead of electricity and see which one works.”
“It seems that I have spent my entire life trying to make life more rational and that it was all wasted effort.”

Source : In Observer 17 Aug. 1986
“The business models in enterprise have changed pretty dramatically. A huge problem with enterprise software traditionally has been usually you sell to the customer and then they adopt the technology. The great thing about 'freemium' and the new way enterprise software is being sold is you get to try it first and then buy it.”

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