"The efforts of the majority to destroy every trace of heretical 'blasphemy' proved so successful that, until the discoveries at Nag Hammadi, nearly all our information concerning alternative forms of early Christianity came from the massive orthodox attacks upon them."

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Source : Elaine Pagels (2004). “The Gnostic Gospels”, p.23, Random House

Elaine Pagels

#Successful Quotes #Discovery Quotes #Effort Quotes

“I just think Australia tends to make very good movies, so if someone hands me an Australian or an American film script I would guess the Australian film would be more intriguing.”
“Please don't look at me as if you had a source of income other than your salary.”
“Remember, Voyager was just a flyby, Cassini is in orbit. We have the opportunity for monitoring them and their behavior, their comings and goings, how they evolve, when they appear and disappear.”
“Sometimes you have to sacrifice your performance for high heels.”
“No one is punished for free speech in Cuba. If free and inconvenient thoughts were a crime in our country, I would have been a good candidate for prison, with my advocacy for sexual self-determination. Those people are in prison because they are mercenaries paid by Washington.”
“People leave managers, not companies”

Source : Twitter post from May 20, 2014
“There is nothing more fragile than civilization.”
“In Winter the bare boughs that seem to sleep Work covertly, preparing for their Spring.”

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