R. R. Reno quotes

“Religion gives us a place to stand outside politics, and without it we're vulnerable to a system in which the state defines everything, which is the essence of tyranny.”
-- R. R. Reno

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“For a long time Christianity has sewn its teachings into the fabric of Western culture. That was a good thing …. But the season of sewing is ending. Now is a time for rending, not for the sake of disengaging from culture or retreating from the public square, but so that our salt does not lose its savor.”
-- R. R. Reno

Source : "A Time to Rend" by R. R. Reno, www.firstthings.com. November 18, 2014.

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“Books are the basis; purity is the force; preaching is the essence; utility is the principle.”

“History is a great deal closer to poetry than is generally realised: in truth, I think, it is in essence the same.”

Source : A. L. Rowse (2016). “The Use of History”, p.45, Routledge

“No state, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union. Plainly, the central idea of secession, is the essence of anarchy.”

“A diary need not be a dreary chronicle of one's movements; it should aim rather at giving salient account of some particular episode, a walk, a book, a conversation.”

“I love it when the Bible gives Emily Post-like tips that are both wise and easy to follow.”

“Well, fancy giving money to the Government! Might as well have put it down the drain.”

Source : 1931 'Too Much!'.

“When we are aware of our inner-growth potential yet have no pretensions about ourselves, when we are vulnerable, then we can change.”

Source : Amit Goswami, Richard E. Reed, Maggie Goswami (1993). “The Self-Aware Universe: How Consciousness Creates the Material World”, Tarcher

“Marriage makes a man more vulnerable by doubling the expanse of sail exposed to the tempests of social life.”

“Though I am still very vulnerable to audiences - and it happens all the time - where for some reason the energy doesn't connect and, since the film is very personal, obviously I am made to feel very vulnerable by that.”

Source : Interview with Ron Burnett, rburnett.squarespace.com.

“Acting is an uncomfortable business because you have to make yourself vulnerable.”

Source : "Beau Garrett Is a Woman We Love". Interview with Tom Chiarella, www.esquire.com. November 16, 2010.