Estratagema Translate Quotes & Sayings

The farther a man knows himself to be free from perfection, the nearer he is to it. — Geert Groote

Yet it would be unfair to the generality of our kind to ascribe to their intellectual and moral weakness the gradual divergence of Buddhism and Christianity from their primitive patterns. For it should not be forgotten that by their glorification of poverty and celibacy both these religions struck straight at the root not merely of civil society but of human existence. The blow was parried by the wisdom or the folly of the vast majority of mankind, who refused to purchase a chance of saving their souls with the certainty of extinguishing the species. — James G. Frazer

Ideology always paves the way toward atrocity. — Terence McKenna

Bless us, divine number, who generated gods and men. Number contains the root and source of eternally flowing creation. — Pythagoras

Thus, though I dislike to differ with such a great man, Voltaire was simply ludicrous when he said that if god did not exist it would be necessary to invent him. The human invention of god is the problem to begin with. — Christopher Hitchens

There were many ways down Mount Fuji, according to my guidebook, but only one way up. Life lesson in that, I thought. Signs — Phil Knight

Well I'm not much of a singer. But it's been a really nice time to do film, television, theater and have it all happening at once. That wasn't planned but it just happens. — Peter Krause