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I am convinced that living in an enclave shapes the personality, a

I am convinced that living in an enclave shapes the personality, and living alone shapes the personality too. – Mary Douglas

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It is only partly true that religion does more harm than good in society. The community makes God into the image it wants, vengeful, or milky sweet, or scrupulously just, and so on. – Mary Douglas

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Religion
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If you want to change the culture, you will have to start by changing the organization. – Mary Douglas

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Change
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Just in our lifetime our society has become looser and more private, it becomes extremely difficult to hold to any permanent commitment whatever, least of all to organized religion. – Mary Douglas

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Never to lie is to have no lock on your door, you are never wholly alone. – Elizabeth Bowen

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It can be kind of gruesome at times, making things alone. – Jenny Holzer

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Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime. – Martin Luther

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However, anyone to whom this happens should not leave his room upon awakening, should speak to no-one, but remain alone and sober until everything comes back to him, and he recalls the dream. – Paracelsus

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