“Blessed art Thou, Lord, who giveth suffering As a divine remedy for our impurities.” ArtSufferingLordDivineBlessedRemedyImpurity Author:Charles Baudelaire
“Any test that turns on what is offensive to the community's standards is too loose, too capricious, too destructive of freedom of expression to be squared with the First Amendment. Under that test, juries can censor, suppress, and punish what they don't like, provided the matter relates to "sexual impurity" or has a tendency "to excite lustful thoughts." This is community censorship in one of its worst forms. It creates a regime where, in the battle between the literati and the Philistines, the Philistines are certain to win.” FirstsMatterFormCertainTurnsWinningCommunityWorstExpressionBattleStandardsTestsTendenciesRelateDestructiveCensorshipRegimesAmendmentsOffensiveFirst AmendmentJuryFreedom Of ExpressionCapriciousImpurityLustfulFree ExpressionPhilistinesFreedom Of Speech And Expression Author:William O. Douglas
“It is believed by experienced doctors that the heat which oozes out of the hand, on being applied to the sick, is highly salutary. It has often appeared, while I have been soothing my patients, as if there was a singular property in my hands to pull and draw away from the affected parts aches and diverse impurities, by laying my hand upon the place, and extending my fingers toward it. Thus it is known to some of the learned that health may be implanted in the sick by certain gestures, and by contact, as some diseases may be communicated from one to another.” IfsMayHas BeensHandsCertainHealingKnownDiseaseDrawsDoctorsSickPropertyFingersPatientContactHeatAffectedGesturesDiverseAcheSoothingExtendingImpurity Author:Hippocrates
“The thing that is most beautiful about Antarctica for me is the light. It's like no other light on Earth, because the air is so free of impurities. You get drugged by it, like when you listen to one of your favorite songs. The light there is a mood-enhancing substance.” LightEarthBeautifulSongAirMoodSubstanceYour FavoriteFavorite SongImpurityAntarctica Author:Jon Krakauer