Quotes
Authors
Gerry Spence

"Under any religion, the preestablished impersonal code transcends the right of the individual to explore, experience, and marvel at the mysteries of his own life and death. Religions introduce us not to God but to slavery. They deprive us of our freedom to explore our own souls and to discover the endless and wondrous possibilities presented to us by an infinite universe. And most often the method of religions is fear, not love. They demand blind obedience and often obedience to dreadful dogma."

Source : Gerry Spence (2002). “Seven Simple Steps to Personal Freedom: An Owner's Manual for Life”, p.46, Macmillan

Gerry Spence

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“For when the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through places without water, seeking rest; and not finding. . .”
“A wise man once said that any human being is capable of infinite achievement, so long as itâ€™s not the work theyâ€™re supposed to be doing.”
“Peruvian food is so simple yet amazingly flavored with their traditional spices.”
“Memories are links in a golden chain that bind us until we meet again.”
“You can bring down governments, you can do a lot of things that are in your own interests even though liberals will get very antsy when you start talking about it.”

Source : Interview with John Hawkins, rightwingnews.com. February 26, 2012.
“Bored with obvious reality, I find my fascination in transforming it into a subjective point of view. Without touching my subject I want to come to the moment when, through pure concentration of seeing, the composed picture becomes more made than taken. Without a descriptive caption to justify its existence, it will speak for itself - less descriptive, more creative; less informative, more suggestive - less prose, more poetry.”
“In the different voice of women lies the truth of an ethic of care, the tie between relationship and responsibility, and the origins of aggression in the failure of connection.”

Source : Carol GILLIGAN (2009). “In a Different Voice”, p.131, Harvard University Press
“The body is a self-healing organism, so it's really about clearing things out of the way so the body can heal itself.”

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