Cilliers Quotes

#1. When religious groups in a conflict eliminate the personal element and perceive themselves as representatives of collectives, heir actions tend to become more "radical" and "merciless." (Ch.3, by Jaco Cilliers, p. 48)

David R. Smock

#2. The fact that religions, which usually have at their core a promotion of tolerance and peace, have been exploited to carry out violence clearly indicates that individuals and groups have not discovered the true "peace message" that is inherent in almost every religion. (by Cilliers, Ch. 3, p. 55)

David R. Smock

#3. And we went through AIDS... which was as good a course in mortality as anyone is likely to get, short of war.

Stephen Greco

#4. Philosophically speaking, shadows of people are friendlier than people themselves because they come together very easily!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#5. You've been through all of F. Scott Fitzgerald's books, you're very well read, it's well known.

Bob Dylan

#6. A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.

Abigail Adams

#7. Christianity, as a product of the resentment of the botched and the weak, has put in ban all that is beautiful, strong, proud, and powerful, in fact all the qualities resulting from strength, and that, in consequence, all forces which tend to promote or elevate life have been seriously undermined.

Friedrich Nietzsche

#8. People over forty can seldom be permanently convinced of anything. At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.

F Scott Fitzgerald