"Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown."

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Source : Frances Wright (1829). “Course of popular lectures; with 3 addresses on various public occasions, and a reply to the charges against the French reformers of 1789”, p.73

Frances Wright

#Unseen Quotes #May Quotes #Causes Quotes

“Spirituality dawns when individuality vanishes. When our ego becomes aware of something that is higher than it - the individual Spirit, or Soul; then spirituality dawns.”
“Cynicism is the only form in which base souls approach honesty.”
“My mother was born on a tiny farm in County Mayo. She was meant to stay at home and look after the farm while her brother and sister got an education. However, she came to England on a visit and never went back.”
“I think you have a deeply anxious leadership in China that knows its legitimacy is drifting away, thatâ€™s sending its [personal] money and its children abroad because they have no faith in the future of their own regime.”
“I've been writing songs and making music since I was probably ten years old...so my inspirations back then, I don't know - I guess it was something that was innate. I was really shaped to make hip-hop music and love hip hop.”
“That Krishna himself was a historical figure is indeed quite indubitable.”
“A fundamentalist is someone who wants to substitute what he believes for what you believe," Max said. "And someone who thinks he knows the will of God better than anyone else.”
“Social media is less about technology and more about anthropology, sociology, and ethnography.”

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