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“This has ever been the fate of energy in security; it takes to art and eroticism, and then come languor and decay.”
― The Time Machine
― The Time Machine
“To truly esteem oneself means that one must be capable of feeling shame or self-disgust when one does not live up to a certain standard”
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“Eagles don't flock, you have to find them one at a time.”
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“But this august dignity I treat of, is not the dignity of kings and robes, but that abounding dignity which has no robed investiture. Thou shalt see it shining in the arm that wields a pick or drives a spike; that democratic dignity which, on all hands, radiates without end from God; Himself! The great God absolute! The centre and circumference of all democracy! His omnipresence, our divine equality!”
― Moby Dick: or, the White Whale
― Moby Dick: or, the White Whale
“In this America, too, the Christian teaching that every human soul is unique and precious has been stressed, by the prophets of self-fulfillment and gurus of self-love, at the expense of the equally important teaching that every human soul is fatally corrupted by original sin. Absent the latter emphasis, religion becomes a license for egotism and selfishness, easily employed to justify what used to be considered deadly sins. The result is a society where pride becomes 'healthy self-esteem', vanity becomes 'self-improvement', adultery becomes 'following your heart', greed and gluttony become 'living the American dream'.”
― Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics
― Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics
Paul’s 2025 Year in Books
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