“The State exists simply to promote and to protect the ordinary happiness of human beings in this life. A husband and wife chatting over a fire, a couple of friends having a game of darts in a pub, a man reading a book in his own room or digging his own garden--that is what the State is there for. And unless they are helping to increase and prolong and protect such moments, all the laws, parliaments, armies, courts, police, economics, etc., are simply a waste of time.”
― Mere Christianity
― Mere Christianity
“The greatest blasphemy of the whole ugly process was that the white man ended up making God his partner in the exploitation of the Negro. What greater heresy has religion known? Ethical Christianity vanished and the moral nerve of religion was atrophied. This terrible distortion sullied the essential nature of Christianity.”
― Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?
― Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?
“An intelligent person, looking out of his eyes and hearkening in his ears, with a smile on his face all the time, will get more true education than many another in a life of heroic vigils".”
― An Apology for Idlers
― An Apology for Idlers
“You must give me leave to judge for myself, and pay me the compliment of believing what I say.”
― Pride and Prejudice
― Pride and Prejudice
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