Applewhite Cult Quotes & Sayings

Isn't it strange how the most lethal cynics are often the most optimistic creative dreamers? — Robert Black

Hitler was a teetotalitarian. — Anthony Burgess

They excrete in the same water where they eat, and they eat in the semen-clouded water where they fornicate. Fish are disgusting. — Dean Koontz

Among [Applewhite's] other teachings was the classic cult specialty of developing disdain for anyone outside of the Heaven's Gate commune. Applewhite flattered his would-be alien flock that they were an elite elect far superior to the non-initiated humans whom he considered to be deluded zombies.[ ... ]Applewhite effectively fed his paranoid persecution complex to his followers to ensure blind loyalty to the group and himself while fostering alienation from the mundane world. This paradoxical superior/fearful attitude towards "Them" (i.e., anyone who is not one of "Us") is one of the simplest means of hooking even the most skeptical curiosity seeker into the solipsistic netherworld of a [mentally unbalanced] leader's insecure and threatened worldview. — Zeena Schreck

Psal had not thought of all that. He would think of it all night. The loveliest woman from the defeated Peacock longhouse would be his. Yet he did not want her. In the middle of the night, as the longhouse keened to Poh's region and one landscape blended into another, Psal lay on his wheeled bed wondering if he should rape in order to show his ability to compromise. All night, the Lesser Light flickered and Psal often found himself holding his breath. — Carole McDonnell

You hid behind the door? Really?" She steps forward sheepishly. "I'm sorry." "You can shove your sorries in a sack, baby — Elle Kennedy

I used to have the most visceral response to having my photo taken. I felt like instantly bursting into tears and running out of the room. I hated all the attention, which is such a stupid thing for an actor to say. — Rebecca Hall

I no longer worry whether a painting is about something or not. I am only concerned with the expectation, from a flat surface, of an illusion. — William Scott

You are not your mind — Eckhart Tolle

Men think to mend their condition by a change of circumstances. They might as well hope to escape from their shadows. — James Anthony Froude

If you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it. I had a life partner who thought my work was as important as his, and I think that made all the difference for me. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ignorance; lack of knowledge or lack of curiosity. — Roberto Llamas

The hardest part is what to leave behind, ... It's time to let go! — A.A. Milne

Everybody knows that the soul of a cat is formed from the composite souls of nine debauched nuns who failed in their vows. — Barry Hughart

Typically, during recessionary times, particular groups suffer higher rates of unemployment -African Americans, and Latinos, and in some cases other minority groups. If you don't have a high level of training or education you're going to fall into that category. — Hilda Solis