Christian Raitz Von

Famous quotes containing the words christian and/or von:

    “On principle I dislike an oath which requires a man to swear he has not done wrong. It rejects the Christian principle of forgiveness on terms of repentance. I think it is enough if the man does no wrong hereafter.”
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

    “The new vulcanism is really a daring attempt to connect the present, incomprehensible world to a past, unknown one.”
    —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)