"[On Christianity:] Its lip-service and its empty rites have made it the easiest of all tasks for the usurer to cloak his cruelties, the miser to hide his avarice, the lawyer to condone his lies, the sinner of all social sins to purchase the social immunity from them by outward deference to churches."

-- Ouida

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“A couple years ago, the novelist Russell Banks told me he was reading the ancient Greek historian Herodotus. I asked why. He said, 'Because I've always wanted to and am tired of having my reading assigned.' I thought it was a marvelous declaration of independence.”
“The difficulties of not knowing are always much greater than the effort of learning.”

Source : Andrew Loomis (2017). “The Successful Drawing”, p.29, EDITORA BIBLIOMUNDI SERVIÇOS DIGITAIS LTDA
“Love is a jeering mime.”

Source : Kenneth Rand (1915). “The Dreamer, and Other Poems”
“Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.”
“It's easier to shape a child than to repair an adult.”

Source : Tony Evans (2014). “Raising Kingdom Kids: Giving Your Child a Living Faith”, p.15, Tyndale House
“Becaise I love God, I want to handle his truth with accuracy, clarity, and specificity. I want to build bridges of understanding from the wisdom of the Word to the details of people's lives. And because I love people, I will not be satisfied with lobbing grenades of general truth at them. Rather, through good questions, committed listening, and careful interpretation, I will enter their world with the understanding necessary to bring Christ's help to where it is really needed.”
“[On public events attended by royalty:] It was the usual 'zoo tea.' You know, we eat - the others watch.”
“You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.”

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