“On the one hand, society needs a common faith and vigorous institutions with the power to coerce; and on the other, the individual as a human soul or as the bearer of a new and possibly saving heresy, must be free. It is difficult enough to reconcile these two needs, but the problem holds another hazard: the need of action under the pressure of time.” NeedsHumansTwoSoulEnoughProblemHandsActionIndividualDifficultCommonPressureInstitutionsSavingHuman SoulHeresyVigorousReconcileHazardsCoerce Author:Jacques Barzun
“Poor people can be greedy, too. It's just that they don't have any material resources. We need shaping of the souls as well as shaping of our institutions.” PeopleNeedsWellsSoulPoorMaterialsResourcesInstitutionsGreedyPoor People Author:Cornel West
“Marriage emerged some forty-five hundred years ago and evolved into a widespread and accepted institution that bonded families, maintained order, and created wealth. Unlike today, where many of us are searching for our romantic "soul mate," marriage was originally more about economics than deep emotion.” YearsSoulTodayOrderWealthEmotionFiveHundredYears AgoEconomicsInstitutionsAcceptedFortyMatesSoul MateDeep Emotions Book:'Till Death Do Us Part: Love, Marriage, and the Mind of the Killer Spouse Source: 'Till Death Do Us Part: Love, Marriage, and the Mind of the Killer Spouse
“The right to private judgment is the crown jewel of humanity, and for any person or institution to dare to come between the soul and God is a blasphemous impertinence and a defamation of the crown rights of the Son of God.” PersonsSoulHumanityRightsAtheismSonJudgmentInstitutionsDarePositive AtheismCrownsJewelsDefamationImpertinenceCrown Jewels Author:George W Truett