“If yon wish to be like the gods on earth, to be free in the realms of the dead, pluck not the fruit from the garden! In appearance it may glisten to the eye; but the perishable pleasure of possession quickly avenges the curse of curiosity.” IfsMayEyeEarthWishPleasureGardenFruitCuriosityPossessionAppearanceTemptationCurseRealmsPluckGlisten Author:Friedrich Schiller
“Ham will continue to be servant of servants, as the Lord decreed, until the curse is removed. will the present struggle free the slave? No; but they are now wasting away the black race by thousands.... Treat the slaves kindly and let them live, for Ham must be the servant of servants until the curse is removed. Can you destroy the decrees of the Almighty? You cannot. Yet our Christian brethren think that they are going to overthrow the sentence of the Almighty upon the seed of Ham. They cannot do that, though they may kill them by thousands and tens of thousands.” ThinkingMayChristianBlackRaceLordStruggleTreatsSlaveSentencesSeedsServantCurseCatholicismAlmightyBrethrenDecreeHamBlack Race Author:Brigham Young
“There is such a thing as righteous judgment, but it seems that lately the word 'judgment' has become a curse word, period. The issue isn't whether or not we're insightful enough to avoid being judgmental, but whether or not we're secure enough to accept being judged. It is inevitable for every conscious human being to judge. It may spring from insight and experience and sincerity, and in such cases, it is quite beneficial on the receiving end.” HumansMayEndsEnoughSeemsHuman BeingsAcceptingCasesIssuesJudgingPeriodsJudgmentSpringConsciousInsightSecureInevitableCurseInsightfulSincerityJudgedReceivingRighteousBeneficialJudgmentalBeing JudgedCurse WordsBeing Judgmental Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“You gave me your curse, holy Fathers. I give you a blessing: May you be as moral and religious as I am.” GivingMayFatherReligiousMoralHolyBlessingCurse Book:The Selected Letters of Nikos Kazantzakis Source: The Selected Letters of Nikos Kazantzakis