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There is no doubt that religion had already waned under the onslaught of the Enlightenment, but it was Freud who provided the radically new understanding of human nature that made any religious explanation of the whats and whys of our personhood seem naive. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#any #doubt #enlightenment #explanation #freud

When you talk about evangelicals, don't forget that a significant proportion of the evangelical community is African American. And most African Americans - well over 90 percent, thoroughly evangelical, thoroughly biblical - will probably vote Democratic. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#african #african american #african americans #american #community

All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurant's revolving door. ↗

— Albert Camus

#born #corner #deeds #door #great

Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful. ↗

— Albert Camus

#alone #anyone #cher #days #dreadful

Right now, I'm as single as a slice of American cheese. ↗

— Nick Cannon

#cheese #i #now #right #single

To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery kept me from believing that all was well under the sun, and the sun taught me that history wasn't everything. ↗

— Albert Camus

#between #correct #everything #half-way #history

I think I'm drawn to more villain-type characters, because it's so cool to get to say all the things you want to say. In Hollywood, you get to this position where you have to bite your tongue so much. You take all your experiences of not being able to say what you really want to say, and channel that through your character. ↗

— Gabrielle Union

#because #being #bite #channel #character

Methods of thought which claim to give the lead to our world in the name of revolution have become, in reality, ideologies of consent and not of rebellion. ↗

— Albert Camus

#claim #consent #give #ideologies #lead

There is no such thing as an ugly language. Today I hear every language as if it were the only one, and when I hear of one that is dying, it overwhelms me as though it were the death of the earth. ↗

— Elias Canetti

#dying #earth #every #hear #i

As if one could know the good a person is capable of, when one doesn't know the bad he might do. ↗

— Elias Canetti

#capable #could #good #know #might