„One cannot now say, the priest is as the people, for the truth is that the people are not so bad as the priest.“

„Religion is…a conspiracy of…priests to gain control over the people…“

—  W. Somerset Maugham, книга The Razor's Edge

The Razor's Edge (1943)

„When you’re a priest, people tend to see the robe rather than the man.“

—  Scott Lynch, The Lies of Locke Lamora

Interlude “The Half-Crown War” section 1 (p. 414)
The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006)

„There was a time when people accepted magical experiences as natural. There were no priests then, and no one went chasing after the secrets of the occult.“

—  Paulo Coelho Brazilian lyricist and novelist 1947

„The masses of the people could not be held back from Nazism, so powerful was its appeal, and this same priest, who would not leave his people, went with them to Nazism, too.“

—  Milton Mayer American journalist 1908 - 1986

Источник: They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-35 (1955), p. 219

„Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends. --Bernard, The Waves“

—  Virginia Woolf English writer 1882 - 1941

„People have crushes on priests all the time, you know. It’s exciting to have to deal with God as a rival.“

—  Chi­ma­man­da Ngo­zi Adi­chie, книга Purple Hibiscus

Источник: Purple Hibiscus

„For the lips of a priest should keep knowledge,
And people should seek law from his mouth;
For he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.“

—  Malachi Biblical prophet

Chapter 2, Verse 7, Lines 1-3, (NKJV)

„Blade grumbled about the absurdities of the theological imagination and why didn’t people have sense enough to smother would-be priests in their cradles?“

—  Glen Cook, Dreams of Steel

Источник: Dreams of Steel (1990), Chapter 10 (p. 261)

„Is not every true Reformer, by the nature of him, a Priest first of all? He appeals to Heaven's invisible justice against Earth's visible force; knows that it, the invisible, is strong and alone strong. He is a believer in the divine truth of things; a seer, seeing through the shows of things; a worshipper, in one way or the other, of the divine truth of things; a Priest, that is. If he be not first a Priest, he will never be good for much as a Reformer.“

—  Thomas Carlyle Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher 1795 - 1881

1840s, Heroes and Hero-Worship (1840), The Hero as Priest

„“Truth is a deadly weapon,” Lady said.
“Which is why priests and princes dread it,” I said.“

—  Glen Cook, книга Shadow Games

Источник: Shadow Games (1989), Chapter 25, “Taglios: Scouting Southward” (p. 127)

„Just thought and thought! Poor artist of the word!High priest of thought! You cannot flee;The word holds all: the world and man,Death, life, and ever-unveiled truth.“

—  Evgeny Baratynsky Russian poet 1800 - 1844

1840
From the Ends to the Beginning: A Bilingual Anthology of Russian Poetry, http://max.mmlc.northwestern.edu/mdenner/Demo/texts/thoughts_more_thoughts.html Northwestern University (2001)

„When people questioned this, the priests simply said, The world has changed. We must change with it.
You can imagine how well that went over.“

—  N. K. Jemisin, книга The Broken Kingdoms

Источник: The Broken Kingdoms (2011), Chapter 4 “Frustration” (watercolor) (p. 60)

„I expect better from Catholic bishops. They need to understand that Ukip and the Catholic Church have so much in common. I cannot think of anyone who is a bishop or a priest who would not have the same values for people as we do.“

—  Margot Parker UK politician 1943

Margot Parker: ‘The bishops must meet with Ukip’ http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2014/10/08/margot-parker-the-bishops-must-meet-with-ukip/ (October 8, 2014)

„I do not say that one who is vegetarian is full of compassion and one who is not, is otherwise. We sometimes find people, who are vegetarians, are very bad people.“

—  Morarji Desai Former Indian Finance Minister, Freedom Fighters, Former prime minister 1896 - 1995

19th World Vegetarian Congress 1967

„I knew as well as anyone that the priests taught what they wanted us to know, not necessarily what was true. And sometimes even when they told the truth, they got it wrong.“

—  N. K. Jemisin, книга The Broken Kingdoms

Источник: The Broken Kingdoms (2011), Chapter 5 “Family” (charcoal study) (p. 120)

„People say: idle curiosity. The one thing that curiosity cannot be is idle.“

—  Leo Rosten American writer 1908 - 1997

„Put simply, I want to teach people in this country to tell lies from the truth and to tell bad from good. … This is what our people still cannot do.“

—  Pavel 183 Russian street artist 1983 - 2013

as reported by Vladimir Isachenkov, in "P183 Dead: Street Artist Known As 'Russian Banksy' Dies At 29 Years Old" at The Huffington Post (3 April 2013)

„Enlightenment can't be pursued or sought after. […] Truth is here now; no past, no future. People are unenlightened only because they believe in the truth of the past and therefore must look to the rewards of the future. To be enlightened, to return to the original state of life on earth, requires action now in the present with no reference to the past. What has to be done is to kill the old priest in you, starve out the traditionalist, the follower, the believer.“

—  Barry Long Australian spiritual teacher and writer 1926 - 2003

Love is not a feeling ~ The Article (1995)

„drunk driving may kill a lot of people, but it also helps a lot of people get to work on time, so, it; s impossible to say if its bad or not“

—  Dril Twitter user

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