"Today the discredit of words is very great."

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John Berger

#Today Quotes #Discredit Quotes

“If you were going to be attracted to a mystical faith which involved the contemplative life, Buddhism would be quite reasonable. But then, not everybody is a budding mystic. In fact, it's pretty certain that very few people are. So another kind of religion, one that was perhaps more pragmatic and service-oriented, might appeal to those others. So I think you have to take your values into account.”
“While you're writing, you can't concentrate nearly as well on what the speaker is saying.”
“Civilization is not a burden. It is an opportunity.”

Source : Alexander Meiklejohn (2005). “Education Between Two Worlds”, p.265, Transaction Publishers
“Your spirit is mingled with mine what touches you, touches me.”
“It is a mistake to look to the Bible to close a discussion; the Bible seeks to open one.”
“I never liked being photographed. I just happened to be good at it,”

Source : "The Saturday interview: Jean Shrimpton". Interview With Alex Wade, www.theguardian.com. April 29, 2011.
“Since science is fashionable today, it allows its fraternity to propose cloddish monstrosities as a solution to man's problems in many fields. Fashion rules and, anyway, who but the experts can even dare to speak up?”

Source : Frank Schaeffer (1982). “A time for anger: the myth of neutrality”, Good News Publishers
“If you are a good writer - and I think I am - you are able to handle any kind of group and imagine their lives.”

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