#sin

Cursing is invoking the assistance of a spirit to help you inflict suffering. Swearing on the other hand, is invoking, only the witness of a spirit to an statement you wish to make. ↗

— John Ruskin

#cursing #hand #help #inflict #invoking

The art which we may call generally art of the wayside, as opposed to that which is the business of men's lives, is, in the best sense of the word, Grotesque. ↗

— John Ruskin

#best #business #call #generally #grotesque

The sky is the part of creation in which nature has done for the sake of pleasing man. ↗

— John Ruskin

#done #man #nature #part #pleasing

I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#boxes #fists #food #good #good food

Boredom is... a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#caused #fear #half #mankind #moralist

Millions of hells of sinners cannot come near to exhaust infinite grace. ↗

— Samuel Rutherford

#come #exhaust #grace #hells #infinite

Every philosophical problem, when it is subjected to the necessary analysis and justification, is found either to be not really philosophical at all, or else to be, in the sense in which we are using the word, logical. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#either #else #every #found #justification

No; we have been as usual asking the wrong question. It does not matter a hoot what the mockingbird on the chimney is singing. The real and proper question is: Why is it beautiful? ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#beautiful #been #chimney #does #hoot

A bold reform agenda is our moral obligation. If we make the case effectively and win this November, then we will have the moral authority to enact the kind of fundamental reforms America has not seen since Ronald Reagan's first year. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#america #authority #bold #case #effectively

I don't want to get into the 'who's a hostage-taker' discussion here, but what is the estate tax? It's a double tax on death. Economists will tell you that it's really not a tax that soaks the rich, but it's a tax on capital that deprives business investment and therefore job creation. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#capital #creation #death #deprives #discussion