"Can currently existing religion be disentangled from the misogyny of its texts, its traditions, and its practices? ... a resounding NO: misogyny not only pervades the major faiths, it's baked in."

-- Katha Pollitt

#Practice Quotes #Tradition Quotes #Misogyny Quotes

“The belief that life was hard and often its worst battles were fought in private, that it was possible to walk through fear and come out scorched but still breathing.”
“My book sales make 'real writers' possible.”
“We were so far back in the woods, they almost had to pipe in sunlight.”
“No matter how just your words may be, you ruin everything when you speak with anger.”

Source : "The Homilies of Saint John Chrysostom: On the Acts of the Apostles".
“Let me say that I don't see any conflict between science and religion. I go to church as many other scientists do. I share with most religious people a sense of mystery and wonder at the universe and I want to participate in religious ritual and practices because they're something that all humans can share.”
“There are big and little truths, but all belong to the same race.”
“Three days a week and Im home at the ranch in Fallbrook with my avocados.”
“Our natural thing to do when we break away from our parents and our family is to decide in how many ways they were wrong and bad, and the older you get you start to realize, "By 'bad' I mean 'different'" and then you get a little bit older and you think, "And by 'different' I mean 'pretty awesome but just not like me.'"”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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