#ere

Religion is the organization of spirituality into something that became the hand maiden of conquerors. Nearly all religions were brought to people and imposed on people by conquerors, and used as the framework to control their minds. ↗

— John Henrik Clarke

#brought #conquerors #control #framework #hand

The point is, technology has empowered so many musicians, you know? ↗

— Stanley Clarke

#know #many #musicians #point #technology

When you do a writing job for a studio, one of the things you want to do is satisfy the expectations of your employer. That's a little bit different than when you sit down and write something to satisfy yourself, because then you're the employer. ↗

— Joel Coen

#bit #different #down #employer #expectations

The cause of violence is not ignorance. It is self-interest. Only reverance can restrain violence - reverance for human life and the environment. ↗

— William Sloane Coffin, Jr.

#environment #human #human life #ignorance #life

The mode of consciousness of nonhuman species is quite different from human consciousness. ↗

— J. M. Coetzee

#different #human #human consciousness #human species #mode

It's too bad that one has to conceive of sports as being the only arena where risks are, for all of life is risk exercise. That's the only way to live more freely, and more interestingly. ↗

— William Sloane Coffin, Jr.

#bad #being #conceive #exercise #freely

Our true nature is free of any and all notions of gender, of any notions of difference whatsoever. ↗

— Andrew Cohen

#difference #free #gender #nature #notions

I am already inherently full and complete as I am. Man doesn't need woman and woman doesn't need man in order to experience his or her inherent fullness. ↗

— Andrew Cohen

#am #complete #experience #full #fullness

When a human being becomes so still that they begin to lose awareness of their gender, and they are simply looking into that abyss where there is no notion of self whatsoever, the world disappears. And that's really the only place to go. It's the only place to remain. ↗

— Andrew Cohen

#awareness #becomes #begin #being #disappears

Even if someone is already in your market space, ask yourself whether you can approach it from a different angle and thereby secure your own customer base. ↗

— Benjamin Cohen

#angle #approach #ask #base #customer