“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." Jim Elliot, missionary to Auca indians in Ecuador”

“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.”

“He is no fool who parts with that which he cannot keep, when he is sure to be recompensed with that which he cannot lose.”

“He, who will not reason, is a bigot; he, who cannot, is a fool; and he, who dares not, is a slave.”

“He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.”

“Courage is the complement of fear. A man who is fearless cannot be courageous. [He is also a fool. ]”

“Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists.”

“When Demaratus was asked whether he held his tongue because he was a fool or for want of words, he replied, "A fool cannot hold his tongue."”

“He knows that every piece of selfknowledge which one cannot keep to oneself makes one smaller and smaller, he knows that he who cannot keep silent his wishes to be recognized in the greatness of his selfknowledge which is no selfknowledge if it cannot be kept silent, and one becomes hypersensitive one feels betrayed because one wants to be recognized by people, one becomes ridiculous ambitious in inverse ratio to ones selfknowledge”

“Unfortunate is he who cannot gain a few sincere friends during his life and more unfortunate is the one who has gained them and then lost them”