"Truth refuses to be subservient to either politics or the market."

-- Gao Xingjian

#Truth Quotes #Refuse Quotes

“The past in New Orleans cohabits with the present to an extent not even approximated in any other North American city.”

Source : Tom Piazza (2015). “Why New Orleans Matters”, p.9, HarperCollins
“Under the tropic is our language spoke, And part of Flanders hath receiv'd our yoke.”
“God's reckless grace is our greatest hope.”
“I'm 37, I'm pretty fit and feel I have another eight years left - which means there's 32 Majors still to go at.”
“Ah, children, pity level-crossing keepers, pity lock-keepers - pity lighthouse-keepers - pity all the keepers of this world (pity even school teachers), caught between their conscience and the bleak horizon...”
“Remember the dignity of your womanhood. Do not appeal, do not beg, do not grovel. Take courage, join hands, stand besides us, fight with us.”
“Paul the apostle recounted that Jesus appeared to more than 500 of His followers at one time, the majority of whom were still alive and who could confirm what Paul wrote.”
“I cannot conceive of a personal God who would directly influence the actions of individuals, or would directly sit in judgment on creatures of his own creation. I cannot do this in spite of the fact that mechanistic causality has, to a certain extent, been placed in doubt by modern science. My religiosity consists in a humble admiration of the infinitely superior spirit that reveals itself in the little that we, with our weak and transitory understanding, can comprehend of reality. Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.”

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