Contentious Bible Quotes

#1. The composition of a common world would be the definition of politics.

Bruno Latour

#2. People in the West sometimes have these marvelous visions of India and Tibet. They assume that there are all these sadhus walking around and everybody is breathing enlightenment. Forget it. Don't look at it through rose-colored glasses.

Frederick Lenz

#3. Giving appreciations, praise, and gratitudes feels good and puts good vibes in the environment.

Jude Bijou

#4. The courts used to be, fair and square, the avengers of secular crimes; but nowadays they demand respect even for the criminal.

Franz Grillparzer

#5. Ah, but I was so much older then
I'm younger than that now

Bob Dylan

#6. [About Jews] Sheer egotism compels us to the purest love of mankind as a whole ... Our hearts are like a sponge, receptive to all the newest humanitarian ideas; and our sympathy goes out to all the unfortunate, all the oppressed.

I.L. Peretz

#7. The crimes of violence committed for selfish, personal motives are historically insignificant compared to those committed ad majorem gloriam Dei, out of a self-sacrificing devotion to the flag, a leader, a religeous faith or political conviction.

Arthur Koestler