Moses Sofer quotes

Moses Sofer quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“No woman is required to build the world by destroying herself.”
-- Moses Sofer

#Feminist Quotes #World Quotes #Destroying Quotes

“The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet.”

Source : "The Last Poem I Loved: 'Modotti' by Adrienne Rich" by Laura Goode, therumpus.net. April 02, 2012.
“One of the reasons that women are kept in a state of economic degradation- because that's what it is for most women- is because that is the best way to keep women sexually available.”
“The Christian is not obedient unless he is doing all in his power to send the Gospel to the heathen world.”
“I'm the world's expert on sterotypes held by academics about athletes and held by athletes about academics. To me, both of them are caricatures.”
“I am not a pessimist but a pejorist (as George Eliot said she was not an optimist but a meliorist); and that philosophy is founded on my observation of the world, not on anything so trivial and irrelevant as personal history.”
“First Conjuration Addressed to Emperor Lucifer. Emperor Lucifer, Master and Prince of Rebellious Spirits, I adjure thee to leave thine abode, in what-ever quarter of the world it may be situated and come hither to communicate with me.”
“Priests might divide the world into good and bad. In battle there was strong and weak and nothing else.”
“I thought religion would make me live with my head in the clouds, but as often as not, it grounds me in this world.”
“Very few people changed the world by sitting on their couch.”
“Maybe my audiences can enjoy my music more if they think I'm destroying myself.”

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