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What is it the Bible teaches us? -- rapine, cruelty, and murder.

What is it the Bible teaches us? -- rapine, cruelty, and murder.

Thomas Paine (1995). “Thomas Paine: Collected Writings: Common Sense / The American Crisis / Rights of: (Library of America #76)”, p.822, Library of America

I've always found paranoia to be a perfectly defensible position.

Pat Conroy (2010). “The Prince of Tides: A Novel”, p.141, Open Road Media

Consistency is found in that work whose whole and detail are suitable to the occasion. It arises from circumstance, custom, and nature.

Marcus VITRUVIUS POLLIO, Joseph GWILT (1826). “The Architecture of M. Vitruvius Pollio in Ten Books, Translated from the Latin by J. Gwilt”, p.12

I listed to Tchaikovsky. He is both kitsch and profound. I love that lack of "Good taste."

"Kitsch art: love it or loathe it?" by Jonathan Jones, www.theguardian.com. January 28, 2013.

Sincerity is the foundation of the spiritual life.

Albert Schweitzer (2015). “The Light Within Us”, p.33, Open Road Media

...how false the most profound book turns out to be when applied to life.

William Faulkner (1972). “Light in August”, Vintage

Indeed, in view of its function, religion stands in greater need of a rational foundation of its ultimate principles than even the dogmas of science.

Sir Muhammad Iqbal, University of the Punjab. Dept. of Iqbal Studies, University of the Punjab (1982). “Iqbal centenary papers”

Every group feels strong once it has found a scapegoat.

"The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.