"I think . . . that philosophy has the duty of pointing out the falsity of outworn religious ideas, however estimable they may be as a form of art. We cannot act as if all religion were poetry while the greater part of it still functions in its ancient guise of illicit science and backward morals. . . ."

-- Corliss Lamont

#Religious Quotes #Art Quotes #Philosophy Quotes

“Always say no pun intended to draw attention to the intended pun.”
“We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.”
“Ive also just come off a year and a half playing acoustic shows which is fantastic for the hands, and changes your head a little bit.”
“If we cannot live so as to be happy, let us at least live so as to deserve it.”
“I prayed to dispel my fear, until suddenly, and I do not know how the idea came to me, I began to pray for others. I prayed for everyone who came into my thoughts - - people with whom I had traveled, those who had been in prison with me, my school friends of years ago. I do not know how long I continued my prayer, but this I do know - - my fear was gone! Interceding for others had released me!”

Source : Corrie ten Boom, Judith Couchman (2003). “Anywhere He Leads Me”
“Once more a red fire blows steeply upwards...the factory will do no more work for Herr Churchill...tomorrow morning Coventry will lie in smoke and ruins.”
“Those who die for their country are martyrs and those who live for their country are greater martyrs.”
“You are what your record says you are.”

Source : Bill Parcells, Nunyo Demasio (2014). “Parcells: A Football Life”, p.454, Crown Archetype

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