Quotes
Authors
Rodney Stark

"Far too long, historians have accepted the claim that the conversion of the Emperor Constantine (ca. 285-337) caused the triumph of Christianity. To the contrary, he destroyed its most attractive and dynamic aspects, turning a high-intensity, grassroots movement into an arrogant institution controlled by an elite who often managed to be both brutal and lax."

Source : "For the Glory of God: How Monotheism Led to Reformations, Science, Witch-Hunts, and the End of Slavery". Book by Rodney Stark, August 29, 2004.

Rodney Stark

#Long Quotes #Triumph Quotes #Arrogant Quotes

“I didn't think much about foreign readers when I began 'Naruto,' but I knew that many of the artists who influenced me had already been accepted overseas.”
“We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior.”
“I'm not worried about what part of their life they needed to massage in order to achieve something that I get to experience as transcendent. Because that's the point of literature, I think: to connect.”

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“I am not bothered about fashion's speed-up. I find it quite exciting!”

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“Writing is a suspension of life in order to re-create life”
“Although the universe is under no obligation to make sense, students in pursuit of a Ph. D. are.”
“A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.”
“I look upon youth in admiration and admire them for their curiosity about the world, their shape shifting, their ideas about the future.”

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