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“The Yen Buddhists are the richest religious sect in the universe. They hold that the accumulation of money is a great evil and a burden to the soul. They therefore, regardless of personal hazard, see it as their unpleasant duty to acquire as much as possible in order to reduce the risk to innocent people.”

People Soul Order Universe Evil Religious Risk Humour Duty Burden Innocent Buddhist Acquire Accumulation Hazards Sects Discworld Religious Sects

Book:Witches Abroad: (Discworld Novel 12)

Source: Witches Abroad: (Discworld Novel 12)

“Man seeks to learn, and man kills himself because of the loss of cohesion in his religious society; he does not kill himself because of his learning. It is certainly not the learning he acquires that disorganizes religion; but the desire for knowledge wakens because religion becomes disorganized.”

Men Doe Desire Religious Loss Acquire Cohesion Disorganized Desire For Knowledge

Book:Durkheim on Religion: A Selection of Readings with Bibliographies and Introductory Remarks

Source: Durkheim on Religion: A Selection of Readings with Bibliographies and Introductory Remarks

“King René of Anjou [(1409-80)]was a strange compound of amiable, great and trifling qualities. He was so excellent a sovereign as to acquire the surnom of the Good. He was brave in war, delighted in tournaments and wrote on them, instituted festivals and processions, partly religious and partly burlesque, was a fond husband, a romantic lover, a good painter for that age, and a true philosopher.”