"At the bottom of at least popular Marxism there has always been a kind of disgust with humanity as it is and a perfect faith in humanity as it is to be."

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Source : Lionel Trilling, Leon Wieseltier (2009). “The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent: Selected Essays”, p.31, Northwestern University Press

Lionel Trilling

#Perfect Quotes #Humanity Quotes #Kind Quotes

“Money equals power; power makes the law; and law makes government.”
“I heard many discourses which were good for the soul, but I could not discover in the case of any one of the teachers that his life was worthy of his words.”
“Why have a cake if I can`t eat it?”
“I think it's extremely unlikely that the European Union will fracture with nations dropping off the edge.”

Source : "The Andrew Marr Show", news.bbc.co.uk. October 09, 2011.
“Jesus wrecked my life, shattered it to pieces, and put it back together more beautifully.”

Source : Katie J. Davis, Beth Clark (2012). “Kisses from Katie: A Story of Relentless Love and Redemption”, p.18, Simon and Schuster
“The essayist has to follow a certain intellectual pattern. The novelist has the advantage of using fantasy, of being subjective.”
“When perfect frankness comes in at the door love flies out of the window.”
“Imma sip until I feel it, Imma smoke until it's done.”

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