"[On the ancient Venus figurines:] If the central religious figure was a woman giving birth and not, as in our time, a man dying on a cross, it would not be unreasonable to infer that life and the love of life - rather than death and the fear of death - were dominant in society as well as art."

-- Riane Eisler

#Religious Quotes #Art Quotes #Love Life Quotes

“There is no value-judgment more important to a man--no factor more decisive in his psychological development and motivation--than the estimate he passes on himself.”
“The clever, albeit fragile, coalition against terrorism brought together by the U.S. government might be able to advance the transition from classical international law to a cosmopolitan order.”
“What's the difference between Lindsay Lohan and Rick Perry? It only takes Lindsay four and a half hours to finish a sentence.”
“The mass of the people commence life with no other capital than the union of head, hearts and hands. To the benefit of this best of capital the wife has no right.”
“I think that President George W. Bush was ahead of most of his government, in realizing that Putin was not the person we thought he was.”

Source : Source: www.politico.com
“I don't watch horror movies because they scare me!”
“Paul Rudnick is a champion of truth (and love and great wicked humor) whom we ignore at our peril.”
“We don't always have a choice how we get to know one another. Sometimes, people fall into our lives cleanly--as if out of the sky, or as if there were a direct flight from Heaven to Earth--the same sudden way we lose people, who once seemed they would always be part of our lives”

Source : John Irving (2012). “The World According To Garp”, p.604, Random House

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