"Thinking which displaces, or otherwise defines, the sacred has been called atheistic, and that philosophy which does not place it here or there, like a thing, but at the joining of things and words, will always be exposed to this reproach without ever being touched by it."

-- Maurice Merleau-Ponty

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“The importance of the arts to the societies in which they thrive is well documented.”
“Modern morality is all about perception.”
“No man is the whole of himself; his friends are the rest of him.”

Source : Harry Emerson Fosdick (2007). “The Meaning of Prayer”, p.174, Cosimo, Inc.
“One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.”
“My conscience is my crown,Contented thoughts my rest;My heart is happy in itself,My bliss is in my breast.Enough I reckon wealth;A mean the surest lot,That lies too high for base contempt,Too low for envy's shot.”

Source : Robert Southwell (1856). “The poetical works of the rev. Robert Southwell, now first completely ed. by W. B. Turnbull”, p.57
“No nation was ever so virtuous as each believes itself, and none was ever so wicked as each believes the other.”
“What's great about going on tour is that it immediately unburdens me of those self-centered misconceptions. Because suddenly, with these songs you've been obsessed with for months, you're playing them for hundreds of people.”

Source : "Deerhoof". Interview with Marc Masters, pitchfork.com. February 26, 2006.
“I can now officially to the wife "It's work, darling" I have to watch racing. I have to watch every second. And actually, my wife who can't stand racing has got into it and once she understood the politics it becomes more interesting for non-racing people I think.”

Source : Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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