Humizacija Quotes & Sayings

The general consent of all that sect is that God (by his foreknowledge, counsel, and wisdom) has no assured election, neither yet any certain reprobation, but that every man may elect or reprobate himself by his own free will, which he has (say they) to do good or evil ... [All these things are] forged by their own brains, and polished by the finest of their wits, when yet in very deed they are but the rotten heresies of ... Pelagius, long ago confuted by Augustine ... — John Knox

Is it your conviction that small-town life, centered on church, tradition, and fear of God, is our best bulwark against murder and mayhem? Well, think again. As Europe became more urban, cosmopolitan, commercial, industrialized, and secular, it got safer and safer. And that brings us back to the ideas of Norbert Elias, the only theory left standing. Elias — Steven Pinker

I suppose the word "unbearable" is a lie by definition. Unless you kill yourself immediately after using it. — Glen Duncan

Smiles, bells, parades, horses, bleh. If so, please add an orgy. If an orgy would help, don't hesitate. — Ursula K. Le Guin

I am hearing you. On radio. Is why I come. — Anthony Doerr

I like to carry around extremely pretentious books, and I don't know if I can read them, but if I hold them near me, it imbues me with a sense of powerful intelligence. — Sam Amidon

Happiness and unhappiness differ as a bucket hammered from gold differs from one pressed in tin ... Each carries the same water. — Austin O'Malley

The simplest and clearest motivation for taking animal welfare seriously is the recognition that pain is in and of itself a bad thing, and that to inflict significant amounts of it unnecessarily is wrong. — Julian Baggini

Such pedantic apotheosis is reached by so few, and when parishioners are left without their guiding star, we can only desperately cling to the last intimations of a passing titan. — Michelle Franklin

But how has it happened that millions of fables, tales, legends, have been blended with both Jewish and Christian revelation that have made them the most bloody religion that ever existed? How has it happened that all the fine arts, architecture, painting, sculpture, statuary, music, poetry, and oratory, have been prostituted, from the creation of the world, to the sordid and detestable purposes of superstition and fraud?
[Letter to judge F.A. Van der Kamp, December 27, 1816.] — John Adams

You will give birth to more in the future than you've lost in the past. — Joel Osteen

I don't think I'd be able to fit that thing in my mouth, she said conversationally, pursing her lips up thoughtfully as she stared between his legs. — R.L. Mathewson

If you look up "charming" in the dictionary, you'll see that it not only has references to strong attraction, but to spells and magic. Then again, what are liars if not great magicians? — Deb Caletti