Kjetil

“Institutionalized torture in Christendom was not just an unthinking habit; it had a moral rationale. If you really believe that failing to accept Jesus as one's savior is a ticket to fiery damnation, then torturing a person until he acknowledges this truth is doing him the biggest favor of his life: better a few hours now than an eternity later.”
― Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

“The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself”
― William Faulkner

“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.”
― Diogenes Laërtius