"I urge you to sin. But not against……" — Mary Daly
"I urge you to sin. But not against these itty-bitty religions, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism-or their secular derivatives, Marxism, Maoism, Freudianism and Jungianism-whic h are all derivatives of the big religion of patriarchy. Sin against the infrastructure itself!"
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Mary Daly
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26 Quotes by Mary Daly
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It is the creative potential itself in human beings that is the image of God.
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If life is to survive on this planet, there must be a decontamination of the Earth. I think this will…
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We will look upon the earth and her sister planets as being with us, not for us.
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What the women do is become caretakers for the men. In those circumstances, I decided, and many others have, that…
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The word ‘sin’ is derived from the Indo-European root ‘es-,’ meaning ‘to be.’ When I discovered this etymology, I intuitively…
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There are and will be those who think I have gone overboard. Let them rest assured that this assessment is…
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Every woman who has come to consciousness can recall an almost endless series of oppressive, violating, insulting, assaulting acts against…
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God's plan' is often a front for men's plans and a cover for inadequacy, ignorance, and evil.
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Courage to be is the key to revelatory power of the feminist revolution.
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The liberation of language is rooted in the liberation of ourselves....
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I had explained that a woman's asking for equality in the church would be comparable to a black person's demanding…
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It's like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by couraging.
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We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace.
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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