"A religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, that is to say, things set apart and forbidden-beliefs and practices which unite into one single moral community called a Church, all those who adhere to them."

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Source : Emile Durkheim, Steven Lukes (2014). “The Rules of Sociological Method: And Selected Texts on Sociology and Its Method”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

Emile Durkheim

#Practice Quotes #Community Quotes #Religion Quotes

“He frosted under heavy guard.”
“Your 'Pringle' contains 30% potato, that yoghurt has the same amount of sugar as ice cream, that whole grain cereal bar may be no better for you than a snickers.”
“Sadly, the same leaders who call on Palestinians to abandon violence have been silent in the face of Israeli repression. By condemning violent Palestinian resistance while remaining silent in the face of Israeli crackdowns and political arrests, they are simply endorsing violence against civilians by one side instead of the other.”

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“I'd been studying the microphone for a dozen years, and I suddenly saw what I'd been doing wrong. I'd been singing too loud. One night I was listening to a record by Lester Young, the horn player, and it came to me. Relax, just relax. It's all going to be all right.”

Source : "Divided Soul: The Life Of Marvin Gaye". Book by David Ritz, 1985.
“I don't want to be at a point where I'm trying to steal the spotlight from the team or anyone else or make it seem like it's just about me.”
“Maybe I had three children in the first place so I wouldn't ever have to play board games. In my religion, martyrs die.”
“I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.”
“I went into the desert to forget about you. But the sand was the color of your hair. The desert sku was the color of your eyes. There was nowhere I could go that wouldn't be you.”

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