WIST Quotations

Murad, Abdal Hakim -- “Contentions 2,” #87

Dave — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 20:42:00 +0000

If religion is too big for us, we should be careful which parts we choose.

Abdal Hakim Murad (b. 1960) British Muslim shaykh, researcher, writer, academic [b. Timothy John Winter]
“Contentions 2,” #87
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Gaiman, Neil -- Neverwhere, ch. 1 (1996)

Dave — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 15:16:41 +0000

Richard found himself, on otherwise sensible weekends, accompanying her to places like the National Gallery and the Tate Gallery, where he learned that walking around museums too long hurts your feet, that the great art treasures of the world all blur into each other after a while, and that it is almost beyond the human capacity for belief to accept how much museum cafeterias will brazenly charge for a slice of cake and a cup of tea.

Neil Gaiman (b. 1960) British author, screenwriter, fabulist
Neverwhere, ch. 1 (1996)
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Selden, John -- Table Talk, § 16.3 “Church” (1689)

Dave — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:09:35 +0000

A glorious Church is like a magnificent feast; there is all the variety that may be, but every one chooses out a dish or two that he likes, and lets the rest alone: how glorious soever the Church is, every one chooses out of it his own religion, by which he governs himself, and lets the rest alone.

John Selden (1584-1654) English jurist, legal scholar, antiquarian, polymath
Table Talk, § 16.3 “Church” (1689)
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