"... so far from entrenching human conduct within the gentle barriers of peace and love, religion has ever been, and now is, the deepest source of contentions, wars, persecutions for conscience sake, angry words, angry feelings, backbitings, slanders, suspicions, false judgments, evil interpretations, unwise, unjust, injurious, inconsistent actions."

Source : Frances Wright (1829). “Course of popular lectures as delivered by Frances Wright: with three addresses on various public occasions, and a reply to the charges against the French reformers of 1789. Second edition”, p.107

Frances Wright

#War Quotes #Evil Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“If I had a dog I would not feel so lonely, but I suppose that is asking for too much.”
“It's so difficult. Sometimes if I have dessert, I think, 'Well, I blew it.' That's something I need to work on and control. But still there's nothing like a buffet.”
“In my proper character, I am an officer of the United States Army.”
“...the secret to joy is to keep seeking God where we doubt He is.”

Source : Ann Voskamp (2011). “One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are”, p.139, Zondervan
“Intimacy requires an ability to both merge and be separate, to come together and be apart, like oscillating on a giant swing from oneness to separateness, creating a constant rhythm.”
“Providing for one's family as a good husband and father is a watertight excuse for making money hand over fist. Greed may be a sin, exploitation of other people might, on the face of it, look rather nasty, but who can blame a man for 'doing the best' for his children?”
“Cast first to your church those visions you absolutely know are the Lord's.”
“Hinduism, being one of the world's oldest, largest and most diverse traditions, also provides inspiration toward deities in our game. In fact, given Hinduism's concept of a single truth with multiple physical manifestations one could validly interpret ALL the gods within Smite to be Hindu. And all gods outside of Smite as well. Ponder that for a minute. Â Anyway, going forward Smite will include even more deities, not fewer.”

Source : "Religious group calls for removal of Hindu deities from Hi-Rez's SMITE" by Matt Daniel, www.engadget.com. June 27, 2012.

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