"Too many christians have been chargeable with... confounding the Logos of Plato with that of John , and making of it a second person in the trinity, than which no two things can be more different."

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Source : Joseph Priestley (1782). “An History of the Corruption of Christianity”, p.462

Joseph Priestley

#Christian Quotes #Plato Quotes #Two Quotes

“A great many people think that polysyllables are a sign of intelligence and refinement so they think they will impress others with their command of obscure words.”
“Everyday I'm Hustlin'.”
“I turned down all the requests for the rights to the books, for years, mostly because they wanted the rights to the characters, and to turn it into a TV series. This would have allowed them to do anything they wanted with the characters, and that just wasn't an option for me.”
“As one looks across the barren stretches of the pack, it is sometimes difficult to realise what teeming life exists immediately beneath its surface.”

Source : Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2008). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.53, Oxford University Press
“I love poetry, but I find it so difficult to write well.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“The life of a savage is beset by glowering terrors: from birth to death he lives in an animated world; where the sun and the stars, sticks, stones, and rivers are obsessed with his fate. He is busy all the time in a ritual designed to propitiate the abounding jealousies of nature. For his world is magical and capricious, the simplest thing is occult.”
“I don't believe in talking about my work. I let it speak for itself. I'd rather make money than just talk about my business. People think that because I don't talk much to the media, I am arrogant. I am not arrogant, but I do have an attitude.”
“Facing my addiction was one of the hardest things I've had to do in my life.”

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