Copyright © yoice.net – Quote ArtworkFlannery O’Connor Quotes on Truth, Faith, and the Dark Night of the Soul
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"The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it emotionally. A higher paradox confounds the emotion as well as reason and there are long periods in the lives of all of us, when the truth as revealed by faith is hideous, emotionally disturbing, downright repulsive. Witness the dark night of the soul in individual saints . . ."
Flannery O’Connor
Copyright © yoice.net – Quote ArtworkChristopher Hitchens Quote: Why Evidence Is Essential
"What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence."
Christopher Hitchens
Copyright © yoice.net – Quote ArtworkEvery decent man is ashamed – Henry Louis Mencken
"Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under."
Henry Louis Mencken
Copyright © yoice.net – Quote ArtworkFrank Ocean Quote: Discover the True Meaning Behind Music and Emotions!
"When you’re happy, you enjoy the music, but when you’re sad, you understand the lyrics."
Frank Ocean
Copyright © yoice.net – Quote ArtworkBruce Lee Quote: How Your Words Can Change Your Life
"Don't speak negatively about yourself, even as a joke. Your body doesn't know the difference. Words are energy and they cast spells, that's why it's called spelling. Change the way you speak about yourself, and you can change your life."
Bruce Lee
Copyright © yoice.net – Quote ArtworkUnpopularity of the Truth-Teller – H. L. Mencken
"For the habitual truth-teller and truth-seeker, indeed, the whole world has very little liking. He is always unpopular."
H. L. Mencken
Copyright © yoice.net – Quote ArtworkWords Of Wisdom on Mental Slavery – The Cruel Illusion of Freedom
"Mental slavery is the worst form of Slavery. It gives you the illusion of freedom, makes you trust, love and defend your oppressor while making an enemy of those who are trying to free you or open your eyes."
Words Of Wisdom
Copyright © yoice.net – Quote ArtworkHermann Julius Oberth Quote: Why Scoundrels Often Have Better Chances in Life
"In life, a decent person has so many ways to get ahead. A bad guy with the same smarts and drive has all those same ways open to them, but also some others that a decent person wouldn't go down. So, they have more chances to get ahead. As a result of this negative selection of character, the higher social classes become enriched with scoundrels. The better and more influential a social class is, the worse its average ethical level becomes. Only this circumstance can explain why the world has not been a paradise for at least five thousand years. One must know this if one wants to understand world history."
Hermann Julius Oberth
Copyright © yoice.net – Quote ArtworkJeremy Locke Quote on Tyranny, Freedom, and the Fight Against It
"The lie of tyranny is that you will maintain the freedom of life by obeying authority. The choices it offers you are a lifetime of obedience or death. Evil is the master of deceit. The objective of evil is not violence, but obedience. The purpose of violence is to compel obedience. Its design is the destruction of freedom. Whether submitting to authority and obeying, or allowing it to destroy you physically, you will have lost your freedom. The only way to maintain freedom is to fight tyranny at all times and at all costs."
Jeremy Locke
Copyright © yoice.net – Quote ArtworkUnknown Author Quote: The Profound Wisdom of ‘The Eyes Are Useless When the Mind Is Blind’
"The eyes are useless when the mind is blind."
Unbekannt
Copyright © yoice.net – Quote ArtworkAlbert Schweitzer Quotes: Why Truth Always Wins – Powerful Life Wisdom!
"In the long run, even the most efficiently organized propaganda can do nothing against the truth."
Albert Schweitzer
Copyright © yoice.net – Quote ArtworkBenjamin Franklin Quote: When Brutal Facts Destroy Beautiful Theories!
"One of the greatest tragedies of life is the murder of a beautiful theory by a gang of brutal facts."
Benjamin Franklin
Copyright © yoice.net – Quote ArtworkAlbert Einstein’s Provocative Quote on Sheep Herds and Individuality – Discover Now!
"In order to be an immaculate member of a flock of sheep, one must above all be a sheep oneself."
Albert Einstein
Copyright © yoice.net – Quote ArtworkRobert G. Ingersoll Quotes: Why Common Sense Beats Education Every Time
"It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense."
Robert G. Ingersoll
Copyright © yoice.net – Quote ArtworkJeremy Locke Quotes on Authority, Insanity, and the Power of Rebellion
"Culture teaches that only “nuts” and “crazies” challenge authority. Law is the holiest and most sacred emblem of culture.
Insanity is not an inability to perceive reality; it is a willing rejection of reality in favor of the artificial constructs of tyranny. Law threatens violence upon all who refuse to obey it. When you chose to act upon an artificial view of reality, you are insane. People obey law out of fear of death, until they can be properly cultured to accept the rule of law without question. Cultural indoctrination is insanity. The definition of insanity is blind obedience.
It is insane to believe that those in power over people rightfully belong there. It is insane to assume that they will always be there. It is insane to believe that law has the right to command the obedience of people. The culture of royalty, the culture of patriotism and the culture of law are all insanity.
No human being who understands the fullness of their own worth would ever accept the notion that someone ought to rule over them. It is the function of culture to blind the eyes of people to their own worth, and to deafen their ears to any speech that may teach them. When cultural influence is at its peak, insanity ravages the mind. Obedience is the object of authority, and authority wants no possibility of rebellion. The definition of insanity is blind obedience."
Jeremy Locke
