“The missionary is no longer a man, a conscience. He is a corpse, in the hands of a confraternity, without family, without love, without any of the sentiments that are dear to us. Emasculated, in a sense, by his vow of chastity, he offers us the distressing spectacle of a man deformed and impotent or engaged in a stupid and useless struggle with the sacred needs of the flesh, a struggle which, seven times out of ten, leads him to sodomy, the gallows, or prison.” MenNeedsHandsStruggleStupidOffersTenConscienceSacredPrisonSevenDearFleshUselessEngagedSentimentsMissionaryCorpsesVowEvangelismWithout LoveChastityDistressingGallows Book:The Intimate Journals of Paul Gauguin Source: The Intimate Journals of Paul Gauguin
“I loved thee beautiful and kind, And plighted an eternal vow; So altered are thy face and mind, t'were perjury to love thee now!” MindKindBeautifulFacesKindnessEternalTheeVowAlteredPerjury Author:Paul Tillich
“The oath of renunciation and allegiance is a solemn vow taken by thousands of immigrants each year to become a United States citizen. The oath is the fundamental statement of allegiance to the United States, and this allegiance is what unites America.” YearsStatesAmericaUnitedUnited StatesTakenCitizensFundamentalsStatementsImmigrantsVowSolemnAllegianceOathRenunciation Author:Jim Ryun
“Vow to be valiant. Resolve to be radiant. Determine to be dynamic. Strive to be sincere. Aspire to be attuned.” AttitudeStriveDetermineResolveSincereAspireVowRadiantValiant Author:William Arthur Ward
“I made a vow that I would never need another person ever. Turned my heart into a cage, a victim of a kind of rage.” NeedsHeartKindPersonsMadeSadnessMy HeartVictimRageCagesVow Author:Madonna Ciccone
“Nature admits of no permanence in the relation between man and woman. It is only man's egoism that wants to keep woman like some buried treasure. All endeavors to introduce permanence in love, the most changeable thing in this changeable human existence, have gone shipwreck in spite of religious ceremonies, vows, and legalities.” MenWantHumansReligiousExistenceMarriageGoneMen And WomenRelationTreasureSpiteEndeavorBuriedIntroducingCeremonyVowHuman ExistenceEgoismPermanenceShipwreckLegalityVenus In FursBuried Treasure Book:Venus in Furs Source: Venus in Furs
“I begin every novel with the vow that I will not write about technology, Catholicism, or Hell. As you know, I end up writing about all three. They just happen to be personal obsessions of mine.” KnowsWritingEndsHappensThreeTechnologyNovelHellMinesObsessionCatholicismVow Author:Richard Dooling
“No penance serves to renew them, no massive transfusions of trust. Why not even revenge can undo them, so twisted these vows and so crushed.” RevengeMassiveWhy NotTwistedVowCrushedRetributionPenance Author:Leonard Cohen