“We try to evade the question of existence with property, prestige, power, possession, production, fun, and, ultimately, by trying to forget that we- that I- exist. No matter how much he thinks of God or goes to church, or how much he believes in religious ideas , if he, the whole man, is deaf to the question of existence, if he does not have an answer to it, he is marking time, and he lives and dies like one of the million things he produces. He thinks of God, instead of experiencing God.” IfsThinkingMenTryingBelieveDoeIdeasMatterWholeWisdomDiesFunChurchReligiousAnswersForgetExistenceMillionsProducePropertyProductionsPossessionDeafPrestigeMarking TimeExperiencing God Author:Erich Fromm
“Cars aren't merely modes of transit or material possessions to Texans; they are something of a state treasure. We share a special, almost religious attachment to the automobile, rooted, I suppose, in our mythological relationship to the horse, our economic underpinnings in the oil industry, and the inescapable fact that to get anywhere in this state, you have to cover a lot of ground.” StatesFactsReligiousShareEconomicSpecialCarMaterialsIndustryHorsePossessionOilTreasureAttachmentRootedAutomobileMaterial PossessionsTexanOil Industry Author:Jim Atkinson
“These are illusions of popular history which successful religion must promote: Evil men never prosper; only the brave deserve the fair; honesty is the best policy; actions speak louder than words; virtue always triumpths; a good deed is its own rewards; any bad human can be reformed; religious talismans protect one from demon possession; only females understand the ancient mysteries; the rich are doomed to unhappiness” MenHumansActionEvilSpeakReligiousVirtueSuccessfulRichMysteryHonestyPolicyProtectIllusionDeserveFemaleFairsBraveRewardsAncientDeedsPossessionDemonUnhappinessDoomedGood DeedsEvil ManActions Speak Louder Than WordsHonesty Is The Best PolicyTalismansActions Speak Louder Book:Children of Dune Source: Children of Dune