"Never has any one been less a priest than Jesus, never a greater enemy of forms, which stifle religion under the pretext of protecting it. By this we are all his disciples and his successors; by this he has laid the eternal foundation-stone of true religion; and if religion is essential to humanity, he has by this deserved the Divine rank the world has accorded him."

-- Ernest Renan

#Jesus Quotes #Humanity Quotes #Enemy Quotes

“It takes me time to realize things; I'm a speedy person but a slow thinker.”
“When I was younger, my feet would hurt a lot, but you build up calluses and strength and you don't feel as much pain there.”
“[Heaven is] that moment in which something attains its maximum depth, its maximum reach, its maximum sense, and becomes completely uninteresting.”
“I would not admire hitting against Ryne Duren, because if he ever hit you in the head you might be in the past tense.”
“A man, if he be active and energetic, can hardly fail also, be he never so selfish, of benefiting the general public interest.”
“Dont be a fish; be a frog. Swim in the water and jump when you hit ground.”

Source : Young-ha Kim (2010). “Your Republic Is Calling You”, p.83, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Iâ€™d trade my soul for a wish.”
“Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.”

Source : The Devil's Dictionary

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