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Theodore Dalrymple

"The loss of the religious understanding of the human conditionâ€”that Man is a fallen creature for whom virtue is necessary but never fully attainableâ€”is a loss, not a gain, in true sophistication. The secular substituteâ€”the belief in the perfection of life on earth by the endless extension of a choice of pleasuresâ€”is not merely callow by comparison but much less realistic in its understanding of human nature."

Source : Theodore Dalrymple (2005). “Our Culture, What's Left of it: The Mandarins and the Masses”, Ivan R Dee

Theodore Dalrymple

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“A man does not recover from such devotion of the heart to such a woman! He ought not; he does not.”
“My Cape women are generally true to type - big hearted, motherly women who love the sea. My other characters, with the exception of the Portuguese, who I occasionally mention as Cape dwellers, are obviously drawn from the city types one sees in everyday life.”
“Imagine a legal immigration system that welcomes and celebrates those who come to achieve the American dream.”
“.. every single corner and aspect of our lives, every single choice, will be different if we take the invitation of this [Rumi's] poetry to act from the Divine Center of Silence and allow the glory of the Presence to soak our every movement.”

Source : Andrew Harvey (2013). “The Way of Passion: A Celebration of Rumi”, p.120, North Atlantic Books
“Being attacked by the press is not something I see as a problem, but rather a confirmation that I am on the right track. It is even better when they ignore me completely, like the Norwegian press does; that means they are really afraid.”

Source : Source: heathenharvest.org
“I love my body. I'm very much OK with it. I don't think artists are ever the ones who have the problem with their weight, it is other people.”

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