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Any great organization can go through sectarian phases. ↗

— Mary Douglas

#go #great #great organization #organization #phases

It seems true that the growth of science and secularism made organized Christianity feel under threat. ↗

— Mary Douglas

#feel #growth #made #organized #science

It's unlikely that the organized religions will get more sectarian... or is it? I am not at all sure. ↗

— Mary Douglas

#get #i #i am #more #organized

Some scholars have been arguing that a civilizational clash between organized religions is the next step in human history. ↗

— Mary Douglas

#been #between #clash #history #human

I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the ark of his safety. ↗

— Frederick Douglass

#ark #colored #his #hopes #i

Beauty and love pass, I know... Oh, there's sadness, too. I suppose all great happiness is a little sad. Beauty means the scent of roses and then the death of roses- ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#death #fitzgerald #happiness #rose #roses

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#higher #instantly #itself #knows #mediocrity

As a rule, said Holmes, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling, just as a commonplace face is the most difficult to identify. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#commonplace #crimes #difficult #face #holmes

The Masonic aspect of Hollywood is so bizarre. ↗

— Minnie Driver

#bizarre #hollywood #masonic

Here is the way life is: whether we live to be 30 or 90, we all have a death sentence hanging over us. As Garfield says, "What's important in our lives is that we make the best of this, that we immerse fully in love. ↗

— Jumana Farouky

#time-magazine #death