#eva

What rights are there for homosexuals? The only right is to be led to repentance. To live in such defilement of the body, in such dishonour, in such abomination, while all the time asking for liberties the church cannot grant, is unbelievable. ↗

— Pope Shenouda III

#body #cannot #church #dishonour #grant

Myths are stories that express meaning, morality or motivation. Whether they are true or not is irrelevant. ↗

— Michael Shermer

#irrelevant #meaning #morality #motivation #myths

No Georgian has the right to evade or neglect his duties and responsibilities. ↗

— Eduard Shevardnadze

#evade #georgian #his #neglect #responsibilities

My father's death, my move, and my frightening and difficult delivery created a tremendous amount of stress, pain, and sadness for me. I was practically devastated beyond recovery. ↗

— Brooke Shields

#beyond #created #death #delivery #devastated

No student of Chinese history can say that the Chinese are incapable of religious experience, even when judged by the standards of medieval Europe or pious India. ↗

— Hu Shih

#europe #even #experience #history #incapable

To me, the technique was almost irrelevant; it was what was coming across. ↗

— Bill Sienkiewicz

#almost #coming #irrelevant #me #technique

If, then, faith widens the connections, it elevates the man. ↗

— Matthew Simpson

#elevates #faith #man #then #widens

If, then, knowledge be power, how much more power to we gain through the agency of faith, and what elevation must it give to human character. ↗

— Matthew Simpson

#character #elevation #faith #gain #give

Mr. Lincoln's elevation shows that in America every station in life may be honorable; that there is no barrier against the humblest; but that merit, wherever it exists, has the opportunity to be known. ↗

— Matthew Simpson

#america #barrier #elevation #every #exists

In the sense that you're not at the centre of power, like a president or prime minister of a major power, everyone is marginalised; my position doesn't isn't unique in that respect. I think there are different sorts of relevance in different contexts. ↗

— Peter Singer

#contexts #different #everyone #i #i think