“The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little.”
Zig Ziglar (1926–2012) American motivational speaker
“You must not make the mistake of thinking that because nothing lasts, nothing matters.”
Source: Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America (2009), p. 35
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Source: One Minute Nonsense (1992), p. 21
Context: "Tell me," said the atheist, "Is there a God — really?"
Said the master, "If you want me to be perfectly honest with you, I will not answer."
Later the disciples demanded to know why he had not answered.
"Because the question is unanswerable," said the Master.
"So you are an atheist?"
"Certainly not. The atheist makes the mistake of denying that of which nothing may be said... and the theist makes the mistake of affirming it.