R. R. Reno famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Religion gives us a place to stand outside politics, and without it we're vulnerable to a system in which the state defines everything, which is the essence of tyranny.
-- R. R. Reno -
For a long time Christianity has sewn its teachings into the fabric of Western culture. That was a good thing …. But the season of sewing is ending. Now is a time for rending, not for the sake of disengaging from culture or retreating from the public square, but so that our salt does not lose its savor.
-- R. R. Reno
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Books are the basis; purity is the force; preaching is the essence; utility is the principle.
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History is a great deal closer to poetry than is generally realised: in truth, I think, it is in essence the same.
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No state, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union. Plainly, the central idea of secession, is the essence of anarchy.
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A diary need not be a dreary chronicle of one's movements; it should aim rather at giving salient account of some particular episode, a walk, a book, a conversation.
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I love it when the Bible gives Emily Post-like tips that are both wise and easy to follow.
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Well, fancy giving money to the Government! Might as well have put it down the drain.
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When we are aware of our inner-growth potential yet have no pretensions about ourselves, when we are vulnerable, then we can change.
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Marriage makes a man more vulnerable by doubling the expanse of sail exposed to the tempests of social life.
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Though I am still very vulnerable to audiences - and it happens all the time - where for some reason the energy doesn't connect and, since the film is very personal, obviously I am made to feel very vulnerable by that.
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Acting is an uncomfortable business because you have to make yourself vulnerable.
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