"Industrialism is the religion with 'the machine' as the god going to answer all the prayers. Communism and capitalism were just competing sects."

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Dora Russell

#Prayer Quotes #Machines Quotes #Answers Quotes

“If you can read, you don't ever have to be lonely.”
“Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace.”
“Amid ancient lore the Word of God stands unique and pre-eminent. Wonderful in its construction, admirable in its adaptation, it contains truths that a child may comprehend, and mysteries into which angels desire to look.”

Source : Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Frances Smith Foster (1990). “A Brighter Coming Day: A Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Reader”, p.98, Feminist Press at CUNY
“To be possessed by Jesus and to possess Him - that is the perfect reign of Love.”
“What we should be doing [in US] is accelerating every year our efforts to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, have a cleaner energy future, have much more energy conservation. And this won't hurt anybody. This will create a new economy for America, if we've got the discipline to do it.”
“For some reason, I was born without a sense of embarrassment or shame.”
“After all, despite the economic advantage to firms that employed child labor, it was in the social interest, as a national policy, to abolish it - removing that advantage for all firms.”
“All knowing that goes beyond the immediate experience of the moment is a matter of faith.”

Source : Egon Friedell (2008). “A Cultural History of the Modern Age Vol. 1: Renaissance and Reformation”, p.88, Transaction Publishers

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