#om

My mother was a modern woman with a limited interest in religion. When the sun set and the fast of the Day of Atonement ended, she shot from the synagogue like a rocket to dance the Charleston. ↗

— Lionel Blue

#charleston #dance #day #ended #fast

Praying privately in churches, I began to discover that heaven was my true home and also that it was here and now, woven into this life. ↗

— Lionel Blue

#began #churches #discover #heaven #here

Knowing that Gene and Morgan were playing those roles made it much easier to put the script together-we knew who we were writing it for. It took some mystery away. ↗

— Stephen Hopkins

#easier #gene #knew #knowing #made

Some of the parables of the Kingdom made wonderful sense, but the exclusivity in the New Testament put me off. ↗

— Lionel Blue

#kingdom #made #me #new #new testament

Someone gave me a New Testament. I had never before read it systematically. Some parts made sense, some parts shocked me. ↗

— Lionel Blue

#gave #had #i #made #me

America's state religion, is patriotism, a phenomenon which has convinced many of the citizenry that "treason" is morally worse than murder or rape. ↗

— William Blum

#citizenry #convinced #many #morally #murder

What would I have done if I'd been put to the test? Would I have risked my own life for people I hardly knew? Probably, I would have looked the other way at best or become another apologist for evil at worst. ↗

— Lionel Blue

#become #been #best #done #evil

I think I have already signed some scrap of paper for every man, woman, and child in the United States. What do they do with all those scraps of paper with my signature on it? ↗

— Vida Blue

#child #every #every man #i #i think

Sometimes in this game it's as good to be lucky as it is to be good. ↗

— Vida Blue

#good #lucky #sometimes

After World War II society had to settle back for a moment before it picked up the 20th century. ↗

— Stella Blum

#after #back #before #century #had