"Superstition moulds nature into an arbitrary semblance of the supernatural, and then bows down to the work of its own hands."

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Source : John Sterling (1848). “Essays and Tales: Fragments from the travels of Theodore Elbert. Thoughts. Tales and apologues”, p.128

John Sterling

#Hands Quotes #Arbitrary Quotes #Superstitions Quotes

“It is possible to be below flattery as well as above it.”
“I don't really have studios. I wander around around people's attics, out in fields, in cellars, anyplace I find that invites me.”
“Mohammed knew that most people are terribly cowardly and stupid. That is why he promised two beautiful women to every courageous warrior who dies in battle. This is the kind of language a soldier understands. When he believes that he will be welcomed in this manner in the afterlife, he will be willing to give his life, he will be enthusiastic about going to battle and not fear death. You may call this primitive and you may laugh about it, but it is based on deeper wisdom. A religion must speak a man's language.”
“The world is not bound to get better as a result of new discoveries in science and technology, nor is it bound to get worse, there will simply be new opportunities for making it better or worse.”
“The power of the voice in rap is about the expression of truth, rather than the expression of some kind of artifice. Landays, they're about love and pleasure and oppression and levels of oppression within a family. And because of that, I think rap music is probably closely related.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“Man is a universe in little [ Microcosm ].”
“When my daughter was young, she thought all electronic signs were mine.”
“He exhibits the most extraordinary capacity for middle age that I've ever encountered in a young man of twenty-four.”

Source : "Fictional character: Louis Mazzini". "Kind Hearts and Coronets", www.imdb.com. 1949.

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