"The mighty and supreme Jesus, who was to transfigure all humanity by his divine wit and grace-this Jesus has flown."

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Goldwin Smith

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“In Western Europe and North America some things are better than they were - at least relative to their moral nadirs - such as labour legislation, the opening of the professions to women, intolerance for domestic violence, but so much is still morally unacceptable - the weapons trade, cruel and unusual punishment, economic parasitism.”
“When we obey the commandments of the Lord and serve His children unselfishly, the natural consequence is power from Godâ€”power to do more than we can do by ourselves. Our insights, our talents, our abilities are expanded because we receive strength and power from the Lord. His power is a fundamental component to establishing a home filled with peace.”
“Those who refuse to look at or give expression to the dark side of life are in denial-fear preventing passage through the door of growth, truth and, ultimately, wisdom.”
“I believe in love, but I'm not sitting around waiting for it. I buy houses. I travel. I take jobs on mountaintops in Transylvania. ... I know that happiness comes in many ways and if you spend your life hoping to be found by or to find a significant other, you're going to miss out on all that stuff. And that's what makes you special and makes your life rich.”

Source : "Down With Renée". Cosmopolitan Interview, www.cosmopolitan.com. April 16, 2003.
“After reading The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander's stunning work of scholarship, one gains the terrible realization that, for people of color, the American criminal justice system resembles the Soviet Union's gulag—the latter punished ideas, the former punishes a condition.”
“I don't know what would have happened to me if I hadn't been able to hear.”
“A new era in the physiological investigation of linguistic sounds was opened up by X-ray photography.”
“Religion controls inner space; inner space controls outer space.”

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