"Inside a religious body you get sects and hierarchies, inside an information network you get bazaars and cathedrals, it is the same, call them what you like. They survive by pointing the finger of blame at each other."

-- Mary Douglas

#Religious Quotes #Bazaars Quotes #Body Quotes

“If any speak ill of thee, flee home to thy own conscience, and examine thy heart: if thou be guilty, it is a just correction; if not guilty, it is a fair instruction: make use of both; so shalt thou distil honey out of gall, and out of an open enemy create a secret friend.”

Source : Francis Quarles (1844). “Enchiridion Institutions, Essays and Maxims, political, moral & divine. Divided into four centuries. By Francis Quarles”, p.76
“The willingness to consider possibility requires a tolerance of uncertainty.”

Source : Rachel Naomi Remen (2006). “Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal, 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.223, Penguin
“The more we complain, the more unhappy we get”
“Barack Obama and Joe Biden have been working hard to help middle-class families make it in America.”

Source : Steny Hoyer's Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.politico.com. September 5, 2012.
“Make the time to be scared of more interesting things”

Source : Inbox Zero theme statement at "Kung Fu Grippe" personal blog, www.kungfugrippe.com. 2012.
“Sometimes if you're a director, you want to believe that you're great and capable at all aspects - the technical side, the lights, everything - but I'm not.”
“I believe that everybody comes from pain and a certain amount of dysfunction.”
“It is the fine excesses of life that make it worth living.”

Source : Richard Le Gallienne (1915). “Vanishing Roads, and Other Essays”

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