#writings

There is a set of religious, or rather moral, writings which teach that virtue is the certain road to happiness, and vice to misery in this world. A very wholesome and comfortable doctrine, and to which we have but one objection, namely, that it is not true. ↗

— Francois Fenelon

#comfortable #doctrine #happiness #misery #moral

If we took Chaucer's writings at face value, we'd have to conclude he was a complete drip. ↗

— John Hutton

#complete #conclude #drip #face #face value

A poet is a blind optimist. The world is against him for many reasons. But the poet persists. He believes that he is on the right track, no matter what any of his fellow men say. In his eternal search for truth, the poet is alone. He tries to be timeless in a society built on time. ↗

— Jack Kerouac

#beat #early-stories-and-other-writings #jack-kerouac #optimist #prose-poetry

Shakespeare, who is probably the greatest writer and poet of the English language, lived in a time that was politically very conservative and it's reflected in his writings. ↗

— Alex Cox

#english #english language #greatest #his #language

I think that I've tried many times to get Cuba in my writings, especially Havana, which was once a great and fascinating city. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#cuba #especially #fascinating #get #great

You may find many contradictory statements and philosophies within my writings. However, to this I will say such is life, for life is full of contradictions. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

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Throughout this evolution from left to right, Beard always detested war. Hence his writings were slanted to show that the military side of history was insignificant or a mere reflection of economic forces. ↗

— Samuel E. Morison

#beard #detested #economic #economic forces #evolution

For if the mystery concealed of old is made manifest to the Apostles through the prophetic writings, and if the prophets, being wise men, understood what proceeded from their own mouths, then the prophets knew what was made manifest to the Apostles. ↗

— Origen

#being #concealed #knew #made #manifest

All human discoveries seem to be made only for the purpose of confirming more strongly the truths come from on high, and contained in the sacred writings. ↗

— William Herschel

#confirming #contained #discoveries #high #human

The biblical texts that we Christians have used for centuries to justify our hostility toward the Jews need to be banished forever from the sacred writings of the Christian church. ↗

— John Shelby Spong

#centuries #christian #christian church #christians #church