"In a world of moral certainty, the unthinkable becomes permissible."

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Source : Cullen Murphy (2012). “God's Jury: The Inquisition and the Making of the Modern World”, p.22, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Cullen Murphy

#World Quotes #Moral Quotes #Certainty Quotes

“On the much revered family of North American mythology - and a metaphor for the Ruling Alliance: Sacred family! .... The supposed home of all the virtues, where innocent children are tortured into their first falsehoods, where wills are broken by parental tyranny, and self-respect smothered by crowded, jostling egos.”
“Someone like Vincent Price or somebody like Christopher Lee, they never won an award, and it doesn't matter. They're cool.”
“To be truly challenging, a voyage, like a life, must rest on a firm foundation of financial unrest. Otherwise, you are doomed to a routine traverse, the kind known to yachtsmen who play with their boats at sea 'cruising' it is called. Voyaging belongs to seamen, and to the wanderers of the world who cannot, or will not, fit in. If you are contemplating a voyage and you have the means, abandon the venture until your fortunes change. Only then will you know what the sea is all about.”

Source : Sterling Hayden (2015). “Wanderer”, p.42, Pickle Partners Publishing
“In precisely the same way money is often hired, and the hire paid for the use of it is called Interest.”
“Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.”
“Introverts, in contrast, may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home in their pajamas. They prefer to devote their social energies to close friends, colleagues, and family. They listen more than they talk, think before they speak, and often feel as if they express themselves better in writing than in conversation. They tend to dislike conflict. Many have a horror of small talk, but enjoy deep discussions.”
“I’m sure a lot of you have tripped out on alcohol. It’s a lot safer to do it on marijuana”
“The only time you truly make a mistake is when you commit a "mis-take," that is, you "miss-taking" the opportunity to learn a valuable lesson from your seemingly malfunctional experience.”

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