"Dogmatism spreads its roots in the fertile soil of uncertainty."

-- Walter Darby Bannard

#Roots Quotes #Religion Quotes #Soil Quotes

“I remember my wife and I used to get on plane and see everybody else with their babies. They'd be putting strollers and car seats up above, and we'd think: Oh, please Lord, don't make us go through that”
“The city of London, within the walls, occupies a space of only 370 acres, and is but the hundred and fortieth part of the extent covered by the whole metropolis”

Source : Henry Mayhew (2016). “The Morning Chronicle Survey of Labour and the Poor: The Metropolitan Districts”, p.42, Routledge
“I believe our country is strong enough to be criticized.”
“Calmly take what ill betideth; Patience wins the crown at length: Rich repayment him abideth Who endures in quiet strength. Brave the tamer of the lion; Brave whom conquered kingdoms praise; Bravest he who rules his passions, Who his own impatience sways.”

Source : "'Die wiedergefundenen Söhne' ('The Recovered Sons', 1801)". The Monthly Religious Magazine, Volume 10, p. 445, 1853.
“Nonsense wakes up the brain cells. And it helps develop a sense of humor, which is awfully important in this day and age.”
“It's funny, but you never really think much about breathing. Until it's all you ever think about.”
“What female heart can gold despise? What cat 's averse to fish?”

Source : 1747 Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes, l.23-4.
“A substantial proportion of people do what they are told to do, irrespective of the content of the act, and without pangs of conscience, so long as they perceive that the command comes from a legitimate authority.”

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