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Quote by Ezra Pound
The act of bellringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions.

The act of bellringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people. – Ezra Pound

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I could I trust starve like a gentleman. Its listed as part of the poetic training, you know. – Ezra Pound

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Trust
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There is no reason why the same man should like the same books at eighteen and forty-eight. – Ezra Pound

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Change
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Gloom and solemnity are entirely out of place in even the most rigorous study of an art originally intended to make glad the heart of man. – Ezra Pound

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Twin-sister of Religion, Selfishness. – Percy Bysshe Shelley

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I almost got a psychology degree, I almost got a philosophy degree. I kept changing it so they couldnt make me graduate. I studied anthropology and eastern religion, epistomology, and astronomy… I took every interesting course I could find for nine years. – Patrick Rothfuss

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You cant write about the past and ignore religion. It was such a fundamental, mind-shaping, driving force for pre-modern societies. Im very interested in what religion does to us – its capacity to create love and empathy or hatred and violence. – Geraldine Brooks

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In both religion and science, some people are dishonest, exploitative, incompetent and exhibit other human failings. – Rupert Sheldrake

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Sometimes even to live is an act of courage. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Letters to Lucilius

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A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically. – Diane Ackerman

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Little islands of human happiness, peace, and prosperity are so exceptional at this point in history that Im not even sure we can draw lessons from them. – P. J. ORourke

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Follow the seasons. Follow your heart. Lead by example. Lead with love, alongside simplicity and courage, embracing duty, shunning fear. – Terri Guillemets

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