The Library
Quotes
From a passion of Gary, Quotes compilations gathered over the years of ministry.
Topic Index
On Love, From The Bible
“You’re familiar with the old written law, ‘Love your friend,’ and its unwritten companion, ‘Hate your enemy.’ I’m challenging that. I’m telling you to love …
On America (The USA) (Part 3)
“It is the fundamental theory of all the more recent American law that the average citizen is half-witted, and hence not to be trusted to …
On America (The USA) (Part 2)
“The most consistent and ultimately damaging failure of political journalism in America (is that it) has its roots in the clubby/cocktail personal relationships that inevitably …
On America (The USA) (Part 1)
“Four sorrows are certain to be visited on the United States. Their cumulative effect guarantees that the U.S. will cease to resemble the country outlined …
On Thinking
“A great many people think they’re thinking when they’re merely rearranging their prejudices.” ——William James “Habits are cobwebs at first, cables at last.” ——Chinese Proverb …
On The Military
“For a great many years, as a soldier, I had a suspicion that war was a racket; not until I retired to civil life did …
From The Perpetrators of the Hell Mythology
The following quotes are from Christian leaders who used the pagan concept of Hell to keep the masses in subjection to power-hungry and often evil …
On Cowardice
“People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction, and anyone who insists on remaining in a state of innocence long after …
On Words, Words, Words…
“Handle them carefully, for words have more power than atom bombs.” ——Pearl Strachan “Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so …
On Kindness
“When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people.” ——Abraham Joshua Heschel “Great persons are able …
On Friendship
“Do I not destroy my enemies when I make friends of them?” ——Abraham Lincoln “I’d rather have two good friends, than 500,000 admirers.” ——E. E. …
The Church Fathers on Universal Restoration
“The mass of men (Christians) say there is to be an end to punishment and to those who are punished.” ——St. Basil the Great “There …
On “Hell”
May God literally bless the hell out of you. Gary Amirault “God had to kill himselfto appease himselfso that he did not have to roast …
On Wonder and Mystery
“Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand.” ——Neil Armstrong “The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. …