"A self-conscious society will therefore endeavor to limit sect forming by providing for the widest possible diffusion of secular knowledge."

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Source : Edward Alsworth Ross (1920). “The Principles of Sociology”

Edward Alsworth Ross

#Religious Quotes #Self Quotes #Liberty Quotes

“But the audience is right. They're always, always right. You hear directors complain that the advertising was lousy, the distribution is no good, the date was wrong to open the film. I don't believe that. The audience is never wrong. Never.”
“I really know nothing more criminal, more mean, and more ridiculous than lying. It is the production either of malice, cowardice, or vanity; and generally misses of its aim in every one of these views; for lies are always detected, sooner or later.”
“Peace visits not the guilty mind.”
“The arrogance of the artist is a very profound thing, and it fortifies you.”
“But with rap music - not just N.W.A. - but rap music in general, seeing these artists wearing these team logos all the time started bringing a synergy and energy about having to rep your city, your team, everywhere and all the time.”
“Men have discovered their distinctive virtues and vices through grappling with the perennial dilemmas and demands of love, courage, pride, family, and country-the five paths whose proper ordering gives us the key to the secret of happiness for a man.”
“If I called her she would pretend not to hear, but would come a few moments later when it could appear that she had thought of doing so first.”
“Do the least harm and the most good.”

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