"The doctrines of the Bible are often not clothed in the language of strict truth, but in that which was fittest to convey to a rude and ignorant people the practical essentials of the doctrine."

-- Albert Pike

#People Quotes #Rude Quotes #Ignorant Quotes

“Not only must Americans admire Israel, there can be no doubt that we have an interest in, and special responsibility for, that valiant nation.”
“Do something every single day that scares you...and then watch growth happen.”
“I started a funny book from the 1930s called The Code of the Woosters by P. G. Wodehouse. Wodehouse is a comic genius.”
“They carry back bright to the coiner the mintage of man,The lads that will die in their glory and never be old.”
“The truth is, I do indulge myself a little the more in pleasure, knowing that this is the proper age of my life to do it; and, out of my observation that most men that do thrive in the world do forget to take pleasure during the time that they are getting their estate, but reserve that till they have got one, and then it is too late for them to enjoy it.”

Source : Samuel Pepys (2012). “Diary of Samuel Pepys: Selected Passages”, p.143, Courier Corporation
“The terrorists provide an outlet where with just one action, a raped woman can go from being a source of dishonour to her family to being a source of pride in a culture of martyrdom.”
“Every age hath its own problem, and every soul its particular aspiration. The remedy the world needeth in its present-day afflictions can never be the same as that which a subsequent age may require. Be anxiously concerned with the needs of the age ye live in, and centre your deliberations on its exigencies and requirements.”

Source : "Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh". Book by Bahá'u'lláh, reference.bahai.org. 1978.
“Life is nasty, brutish, and short. Death is easy.”

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