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“Of the intellectual leaders of the Reformation, Luther. the narrowest mind among them, survived, while the more important intellects, Hutten, Münzer, Wendel Hipler perished. Behind Luther stood the power which was economically the most important - the princes.”

Book:Die Lessing-Legende

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Die Lessing-Legende

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Franz Mehring

German politician born on February 27, 1846, and died on January 28, 1919. Franz Mehring was an early member of the German Social Democratic Party and is known for his critical analysis of Marxism and his contributions to the labor movement. more

“The views of others reflect not at all upon you unless you allow them to. Their views are colored by their own life experiences: their fears, their loves, their hatreds, their needs, their insecurities. Nothing you can say will ever change their minds. Only they can do that. What better way to show them the error of their ways than to demonstrate to them that the Light that they revere is in every path to spirituality? To lead and instruct by being the best that we can be, always? And that darkness can be found in anyone, in any faith, and that it is not so much to be feared so long as it is in balance with the Light within. Balance is the key. Tolerance is the way.”

Inspirational Spirituality

Book:No Rest for the Wiccan

Source: No Rest for the Wiccan

“Nothing is more unfounded than to see a “world historical action” in Luther’s theses against indulgences and to date the beginning of the Reformation from them. The Anti-Roman movement had been in existence for decades in all classes of the German nation, and the fight against the abuses of the church had already found literary expression, for instance in the writings of the humanists. They were much more scathing than the rather tame theses of Luther. who did not even blame the indulgences themselves, but only their “abuses.”

Luther Martin Luther Lutheranism Protestant Reformation

Book:Die Lessing-Legende

Source: Die Lessing-Legende

“Joyce, you know you can't pick a fight with everyone who has something to say about us, don't you?' 'I know,' she whispered into the darkness. 'There's too many of them, and not enough hours in the day.' 'It's funny,' said Hubert. 'Until me came to this country me went my whole life thinking me was just plain old Hubert Bird and then me come and find that actually me the devil himself.”

Racism Choose Your Battles Fighting Racism

Book:All the Lonely People

Source: All the Lonely People