"A lot of the things that we think of as being racial differences are really class differences in America."

-- Terry Gross

#Thinking Quotes #America Quotes #Class Quotes

“The ideas which now pass for brilliant innovations and advances are in fact mere revivals of ancient errors, and a further proof of the dictum that those who are ignorant of the past are condemned to repeat it.”
“The true Christian does not need to be reminded that they have a crucified Master. They OFTEN think of Him.”
“It is a man's sympathy with all creatures that first makes him truly a man.”
“I imagine you come across a number of people who are disconcerted by the difference between what you do feel and what they fancy you ought to feel. It is fatal to pay the smallest attention to them.”
“A garden is a symbol of man's arrogance, perverting nature to human ends ...”
“Given, a man with moderate intellect, a moral standard not higher than the average, some rhetorical affluence and a great glibness of speech, what is the career in which, without the aid of birth or money, he may most easily attain power and reputation in English society? Where is that Goshen of mediocrity in which a smattering of science and learning will pass for profound instruction, where platitudes will be accepted as wisdom, bigoted narrowness as holy zeal, unctuous egoism as God-given piety?”
“Superficial parallels were drawn between the Church and the Nazi Party, with its emphasis on active involvement by every member. The women's auxiliary of the Party and the Hitler Youth were regarded by some as secular equivalents to the Church's Relief Society, MIA, and the Scouting programs.”
“The essence of Hinduism is that the path may be different, but the goal is the same.”

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