A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A narrow compass! and yet there Dwelt all that 's good, and all that 's fair; Give me but what this riband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round.
It is far more important to me to preserve an unblemished conscience than to compass any object however great.
I have an excellent internal compass.
Your inner knowing is your only true compass.
Set the foot down with distrust on the crust of the world - it is thin.
Kill the snake of doubt in your soul, crush the worms of fear in your heart and mountains will move out of your way.
Conscience is a man's compass.
Truth gets well if she is run over by a locomotive, while error dies of lockjaw if she scratches her finger.
But it is no good using the tongs of reason to pull the Fundamentalists' chestnuts out of the fire of contradiction. Their real troubles lie elsewhere.
To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?
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