"To cultivate the intellect is therefore a religious duty; and when this truth is fairly recognized by men, the religion which teaches that the intellect should be distrusted and that it should be subservient to faith, will inevitably fall."

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Source : William Winwood Reade (1892). “The Martyrdom of Man”

William Winwood Reade

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“Real orgies are never so exciting as pornographic books. In a volume by Pierre Louys all the girls are young and their figures perfect; there's no hiccoughing or bad breath, no fatigue or boredom, no sudden recollections of unpaid bills or business letters unanswered, to interrupt the raptures. Art gives you the sensation, the thought, the feeling quite pure--chemically pure, I mean,... not morally.”
“Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty.”
“I'm doing what I like, why wouldn't I be happy? So what if it's not perfect, I don't believe in perfection. Maybe happy's as good as it gets.”

Source : John Dunning (2004). “The Bookman's Promise: A Cliff Janeway Novel”, p.134, Simon and Schuster
“We're living in an unprecedented day (when) evil is no longer evil. We've changed the terminology-- iniquity is now infirmity; wickedness is now weakness; devilry is now deficiency.”
“It is absolutely bedrock to the British Army's philosophy that a commanding officer is responsible for what goes on within his command.”
“Live a life less ordinary.”

Source : Interview with Jesse Thorn, swissmarg.dreamwidth.org. May 16, 2012.
“Every day I think, 'Can I commit?' I think I can and that I will”
“It is not that God is stingy and must be coaxed, for He "giveth liberally and upbraideth not." It is that we ourselves are so shallow and sinful that we need to tarry before Him until our restless natures can be stilled and the clamor of outside voices be deadened so that we can hear His voice. Such a state is not easily reached, and the men God uses have paid a price in wrestlings and prevailing prayer. But it is such men who rise from their knees confident of His power and go forth to speak with authority.”

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