Ethnocentrism Theory Quotes & Sayings

Trials by the adversarial contest must in time go the way of the ancient trial by battle and blood. — Warren E. Burger

Publishing is not, of course, dependent on the individual taste of the publisher," Perkins replied to one reader of Hemingway's novel. "He is under an obligation to his profession which binds him to bring out a work which in the judgment of the literary world is significant in its literary qualities and is a pertinent criticism of the civilization of the time. — A. Scott Berg

Where once a tyrant had to wish that his subjects had but one common neck that he might strangle them all at once, all he has to do now is to 'educate the people' so that they will have but one common mind to delude. — Richard Mitchell

Because creative living is a path for the brave. We all know this. And we all know that when courage dies, creativity dies with it. We all know that fear is a desolate boneyard where our dreams go to desiccate in the hot sun. — Elizabeth Gilbert

It's better to hope than mope! — Margaret Atwood

The god is the beautiful. — Plato

Fall for someone you know will leave you,
sooner rather than later. — Ann Aguirre

When you believe in people, you motivate them and release their potential. — John C. Maxwell

There are several really interesting clocks in Berlin. — Jim Sanborn

If the people have no bread, let them eat cake. — Marie Antoinette

No politician should ever let himself be photographed in a bathing suit. — Adolf Hitler

Hittin' hard don't mean nothing if you don't find nothin' to hit. — Muhammad Ali

Without looking at Jacob, I said slowly, 'Well, it seeps into you. It doesn't make you forget yourself, but totally the opposite.' I chance a glance at him. He was watching me intently. No glaze in his eyes. So I continued more bravely: 'It connect you with everything and fills you with awe that you share the same space with something that glorious. Like a sunrise on a clear blue day of the most extraordinary piece of glass. And then suddenly'
my hands escaped their tight grip in my lap, and now my fingers splayed wide like fireworks in the air
'you have this epiphany that there's more to the world than just you and what you want or even who you are. — Justina Chen

Who are theologians? What kind of self-identity could or should a theologian claim? Should a theologian be a defender or transmitter of Christian _tradition_? What if the _tradition_ itself carries a dark side, implicitly or explicitly, bounded by religious or cultural superiorism, ethnocentrism, homophobism, exclusive nationalism, sexism, racism, and so forth? What kind of _identity_ would then justify my rule as theologian? This question has been lingering in my mind throughout the time I have been working on cosmopolitan theology. it may sound simple, but for me the identity issue has been fundamental. — Namsoon Kang

You have to be able to face losing some things you might want in order to be free to do the right thing. — Henry Cloud