Monotheism at Sinai, primitive Christianity, messianic socialism: these are the three supreme moments in which Western culture is presented with what Ibsen… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
I think angels definitely offer all the imaginative possibilities that vampires do, and I think they've actually been popular in Western culture… — Danielle Trussoni Copy Share Image
When you think after 25 years of Mao, Chinese people had no idea about western music or even western culture. They had… — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
“the impulse toward excessive self sacrifice comes from women's history, not their nature. The reason self-sacrifice seems so natural for women in… — Stephanie Golden Copy Share Image
A lot happened in Vancouver. It was my first Western experience. I learned English, which is my second language. I became very… — Jason Wu Copy Share Image
When western culture developed, we became detached from nature, detached from our relationship with the animals. We saw animals perhaps as only… — John Kani Copy Share Image
In western culture, we have ignored death. We're running the other way - everything is about life and youth. So, there's something… — Andrew Lincoln Copy Share Image
This Western culture of ours tends to sacrifice the full range of experience to a lower common denominator that's acceptable to more… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
I want to look my best for God. So many people have the attitude that if you're a Christian you've got to… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
In looking at difficulties in the black American community over the years, it has always astounded me how much white Americans take… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
In our traditional culture, people have a very different view towards nature than in Western culture. We consider humans as part of… — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
“In Western tradition, white is beautiful because it is the colour of virtue. This remarkable equation relates to a particular definition of… — Richard Dyer Copy Share Image
They [the Templars] had read Avicenna, and they were not ignorant, like the Europeans. How could you live alongside a tolerant, mystical,… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
In short, the enlightenment privatized marriage, taking it out of the public sphere, and redefined its purpose as individual gratification, not any… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Regardless of what anyone may personally think or believe about him, Jesus of Nazareth has been the dominant figure in the history… — Jaroslav Pelikan Copy Share Image
We're so terrified of death in Western culture that we have to make up a myth of an afterlife. I think there's… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
We are living through one of the most fundamental shifts in history- a change in the actual belief structure of Western society.… — Willis Harman Copy Share Image
The alt-right believes that Western culture is currently imperiled and that the elites on both sides of the political divide are not… — Milo Yiannopoulos Copy Share Image
In earlier cultures with pagan belief systems, light and dark were celebrated equally, people were around death a lot. In contemporary Western… — Robert Eggers Copy Share Image
“As a society of unbelief, Western culture is devoid of a sense of journey, of adventure, because it lacks belief in much… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
One of the popular views in the liberal circles of the West is that we are actually 'all victims of capitalism'. I… — Andre Vltchek Copy Share Image
Where it is the majority religion, Islam does not recognize religious freedom, at least not as we understand it. Islam is a… — Walter Kasper Copy Share Image
I think I have made it clear that I never intended to make enemies. But in an age when anti-foreign sentiment was… — Fukuzawa Yukichi Copy Share Image
“Feminism is the struggle to end sexist oppression. Therefore, it is necessarily a struggle to eradicate the ideology of domination that permeates… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
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