Quotes for All
Movement is my medicine, my meditation, my metaphor and my method, a living language we can rely upon to tell us the truth about who we are, who we are with, and where we are going. There is no dogma in the dance. Gabrielle Roth
In France, we have laïcité, which means that atheism is almost our state religion. But I think a very important part of Western culture is in the centuries when Christianism was dominant and was present in almost all works of art – not only liturgical works, but also literature and music. Yes, it’s important to … Read more
Primitive, simplistic anti-Communism is all too often used as a common denominator for diverse efforts to perpetuate one’s own power in a democratic system, convert opinions into dogma, and kill off all opposition, even silent. Eugen Kogon
I realized that the European dogma is not necessarily the only way to look at things. Esa-Pekka Salonen
I can accept the theory of relativity as little as I can accept the existence of atoms and other such dogmas. Ernst Mach
Spiritually, we’re all on a path. I haven’t declared of defined myself because as soon as you declare yourself you’re identifying with a certain dogma. Emilio Estevez
The day has gone by when a monk can tear a Hypatia from the pursuit of philosophy and throw her to a rabble of insane monastics to be dragged to a violent death…. Man has made himself a law unto himself, publishing it in his pretended \”heavenly\” revelations, dogmas, and statutes. Woman is not constructing … Read more
I can truly say, after an experience of seventy years, that all the cares and anxieties, the trials and disappointments of my whole life, are light, when balanced with my sufferings in childhood and youth from the theological dogmas which I sincerely believed. . . . The memory of my own suffering has prevented me … Read more
Dogma is a lie reiterated and authoritatively injected into the mind of one or more persons who believe that they believe what someone else believes. Elbert Hubbard
In common with other artists the photographer wants his finished print to convey to others his own response to his subject. In the fulfillment of this aim, his greatest asset is the directness of the process he employs. But this advantage can only be retained if he simplifies his equipment and technic to the minimum … Read more