![The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-35bfq-vte_4/X1uJ1J5DYqI/AAAAAAAAKWY/_62T9pBVJE05bszcCmM_CJdmpEd4ufJ3wCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/the-mind-once-enlightened-cannot-again-become-dark.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Category: Thomas Paine
![The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-35bfq-vte_4/X1uJ1J5DYqI/AAAAAAAAKWY/_62T9pBVJE05bszcCmM_CJdmpEd4ufJ3wCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/the-mind-once-enlightened-cannot-again-become-dark.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
![Time makes more converts than reason.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QObtidBimno/X0bQKFqAmyI/AAAAAAAAE10/u5zTyIcyeFczYVM9QcgaeCdS-NWY-1lWgCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw2Kuf-gU/w750-h750-p/time-makes-more-converts-than-reason-quotes-by-thomas-paine-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-time.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Time makes more converts than reason.
![One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jQozKdZt29Y/X1t31bZ022I/AAAAAAAAIxY/YCbDQ6aNaU0fmwC5bTaUOgYpr1gqfBzGQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/one-good-schoolmaster-is-of-more-use-than-a-hundred-priests.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.
![The greatest remedy for anger is delay.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yZo2rW4RfvA/X0bPNHfpNWI/AAAAAAAAE3A/gNTgNDPadq4SVF9iVwhB4Md9cJgF3-j3QCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw2Kuf-gU/w750-h750-p/the-greatest-remedy-for-anger-is-delay-quotes-by-thomas-paine-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-anger.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
The greatest remedy for anger is delay.
![Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-T4A4nxYOPPo/X0a-vehdrMI/AAAAAAAABps/FzA5lojdNb4X-DHZeWvk363ASTR4Dn6yQCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw1quf-gU/w750-h750-p/belief-in-a-cruel-god-makes-a-cruel-man-quotes-by-thomas-paine-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-faith.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.
![These are the times that try men’s souls.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-s_42gieXOT8/X0bQAQ8W13I/AAAAAAAAE2A/nAW-8OgHq9oo5Q4u6gufNBQf5Rv2tJjIgCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw2Kuf-gU/w750-h750-p/these-are-the-times-that-try-mens-souls-quotes-by-thomas-paine-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-men.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
These are the times that try men’s souls.
![My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MKudH0LKr9k/X1t2Zm0olII/AAAAAAAAIf8/deGI-4Ot7K4qKSNb1jAFz-dCYrF_8HgTwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/my-country-is-the-world-and-my-religion-is-to-do-good.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.
![Human nature is not of itself vicious.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fNA8bbfPsGo/X0bDSOuLzMI/AAAAAAAACWU/_YW-IXmZXYogpVOMwa5ks1g0kdVkU6lZQCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw16uf-gU/w750-h750-p/human-nature-is-not-of-itself-vicious-quotes-by-thomas-paine-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-nature.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Human nature is not of itself vicious.
![He who dares not offend cannot be honest.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mSYYI10lle8/X1toVBS4A5I/AAAAAAAAGt4/VjEA5ErA3agkXgOxMgCsHuQJL4AKRcq_QCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/he-who-dares-not-offend-cannot-be-honest.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
He who dares not offend cannot be honest.
![It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0HWquLpnoig/X1tvI2Wm-HI/AAAAAAAAH0U/axjBScMiExEQw2Pi0qkITvcYSXKXe52IQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/it-is-error-only-and-not-truth-that-shrinks-from-inquiry.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)