“I awoke from The Sickness at the age of forty-five, calm and sane, and in reasonably good health except for a weakened liver and the look of borrowed flesh common to all who survive The Sickness... When I speak of drug addiction I do not refer to keif, marijuana or any preparation of hashish, mescaline, Banisteriopsis caapi, LSD6, Sacred Mushrooms or any other drugs of the hallucinogen group... There is no evidence that the use of any hallucinogen results in physical dependence.” LooksUseAgeSpeakResultsCommonFiveGroupsDrugEvidenceSacredAddictionCalmFleshPreparationSicknessFortyMarijuanaSaneDependenceBorrowedGood HealthLiverDrug AddictionMushroomsDrug AddictHallucinogensHashish Author:William S. Burroughs
“Questioning the status quo can result in banishment, imprisonment, ridicule or being burned at the stake, depending on your era, your locale, and the sacred cows you wish to butcher.” WishResultsSacredErasStakesCowsQuestioningBurnedStatus QuoRidiculeImprisonmentButchersSacred CowsBanishment Author:Gene Spafford
“Hiding behind such sacred terms as human rights and distributive justice, politicians and intellectuals alike have perpetrated a gargantuan ruse on humankind: they have convinced us that mass homogeneity is more essential for the betterment of society than is individual initiative, and they have adorned this dubious assumption with assurances that by leveling all distinctions between human beings, collective peace and unity will result as a matter of course, just as water runs downhill or the cart follows the ox.” HumansMatterRunningCoursesIndividualTermWaterJusticeHuman BeingsResultsBehindsRightsPoliticianEssentialsMassSacredUnityHuman RightsConvincedAssumptionDistinctionCollectivesHidingHumankindInitiativeAssuranceCartsBettermentDubiousHomogeneityPeace And Unity Author:Gonzalo Fernandez de la Mora
“Those who believe in this type of thing [Paul the Octopus, who ‘predicted’ the result of World Cup matches] cannot be the leaders of the global nations that aspire, like Iran, to human perfection, basing themselves in the love of all sacred values.” WorldBelieveHumansValuesNationsResultsLeaderTypePerfectionSacredCupsIranAspireWorld CupOctopusPresident Of Iran Author:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
“And so we understand that the atonement of Jesus Christ gives us the opportunity to overcome spiritual death that results from sin, and, through making and keeping sacred covenants, to have the blessings of eternal life.” GivingSpiritualOpportunityJesusChristSinResultsBlessingEternalJesus ChristOvercomingSacredEternal LifeCovenantAtonementSpiritual Death Author:Dallin H. Oaks
“As a result of the sacred ordinances performed in the holy house of God, no light need be permanently extinguished, no voice permanently stilled, no place in our heart permanently left vacant.” NeedsHeartLightHouseLeftVoiceResultsHolySacredOrdinancesVacantHouse Of God Author:Thomas S. Monson
“Do not confuse understanding with a larger vocabulary, sacred writings are beneficial in stimulating desire for inward realization, if one stanza at a time is slowly assimilated. Continual intellectual study results in vanity and the false satisfaction of an undigested knowledge.” IfsWritingDesireUnderstandingResultsStudyIntellectualSacredSatisfactionRealizationVanityInwardVocabularyBeneficial Author:Sri Yukteswar Giri
“Struggles are a part of the sacred sanctification process. There are no soft or slothful ways to become sanctified to the point that we are prepared to live in the presence of the Savior. And there can be blessings in the burdens we bear. As a result of these struggles, our souls are stretched and our spirits are strengthened. Our character becomes more Christlike as we are tried and tested.” WaySoulCharacterSpiritProcessResultsStruggleBearsBlessingSacredPreparedBurdenSaviorTestedSanctification Author:L. Lionel Kendrick
“The seventeenth century is everywhere a time in which the state's power over everything individual increases, whether that power be in absolutist hands or may be considered the result of a contract, etc. People begin to dispute the sacred right of the individual ruler or authority without being aware that at the same time they are playing into the hands of a colossal state power.” PeopleMayStatesHandsIndividualResultsCenturyAuthorityIncreaseSacredEtcContractsRulersDisputesColossal Book:Judgements on History and Historians Source: Judgements on History and Historians