Logo
Quote by Mary Douglas
It is very reasonable to worry about the harm done by organized re

It is very reasonable to worry about the harm done by organized religion, and to prefer looser and more private arrangements. – Mary Douglas

Other quotes by Mary Douglas

If people want to compete for leadership of a religious group, they can compete in piety. A chilling thought. Or funny. – Mary Douglas

Category:
funny
Author
Mary Douglas
Read Quote

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

Category:
alone
Author
Mary Douglas
Read Quote

I am sure it must be true that people opt out of the mainstream society because they feel that there are going to be no rewards for them, if they stay. – Mary Douglas

Category:
Society
Author
Mary Douglas
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Religion
category

Ones religion is ones own possession and he has a right to it. – Paul Harris

Category:
Religion

A man has no religion who has not slowly and painfully gathered one together, adding to it, shaping it and ones religion is never complete and final, it seems, but must always be undergoing modification. – David Herbert Lawrence

Category:
Religion

Buddhism has become a socially recognized religious philosophy for Americans, whereas it used to be considered an exotic religion. – Thurston Moore

Category:
Religion

When push comes to shove, it aint the science thats going to lift you up-its the belief, the spiritual side of life, thats going to lift you up, no matter what religion you are. – Kirstie Alley

Category:
Religion

Random Quotes

The most important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about them. – Sir William Bragg

Category:
Ideas

Rain, after all is only rain; it is not bad weather. So also, pain is only pain; unless we resist it, then it becomes torment. – I Ching

Category:
Attitude

I want to write a book which is the history of comedy. – John Cleese

Category:
History

I firmly believe that we can have a healthy environment and a sustainable timber industry. – Frank Murkowski

Category:
environmental