John Lamb Lash quotes

“The most effective way to defeat patriarchy is to defy and disown its self-legitimating narrative.”
-- John Lamb Lash

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“The God who hates trees is the founding father of patriarchy.”
-- John Lamb Lash

Source : John Lamb Lash (2006). “Not in His Image: Gnostic Vision, Sacred Ecology, and the Future of Belief”, p.237, Chelsea Green Publishing

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“Empathy for the plight of the Goddess may be essential in seeing how to face our own plight on Earth.”
-- John Lamb Lash

Source : John Lamb Lash (2006). “Not in His Image: Gnostic Vision, Sacred Ecology, and the Future of Belief”, p.209, Chelsea Green Publishing

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“Monotheism begins with a god who hates trees.”
-- John Lamb Lash

Source : John Lamb Lash (2006). “Not in His Image: Gnostic Vision, Sacred Ecology, and the Future of Belief”, p.227, Chelsea Green Publishing

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“We must surrender ourselves so utterly that we can never own ourselves again. We must hand over self and all its rights in an eternal covenant, and give God the absolute right to own us, control us and possess us forever.”

“I don't recall having any self-awareness about the intricacy of my stories.”

“Sensual is being in tune with your sensual self.”

Source : "Aaliyah Talks About Her Parents And Her Sensuality". MTV News Interview, www.mtv.com. April 4, 1997.

“My sister-in-law believes that few narratives are so tightly constructed that you can't skip boring bits and still keep abreast of what's going on.”

“I would have had the same narrative, regardless of the atmosphere and the restrictions.”

Source : "A Separation's Asghar Farhadi: 'We need the audience to think'". Interview with Saeed Kamali Dehghan, www.theguardian.com. July 15, 2011.

“Science fiction is never about the future, in the same way history is rarely about the past: they're both parable formats for examining or commenting on the present.”

“It is often wonderful how putting down on paper a clear statement of a case helps one to see, not perhaps the way out, but the way in.”

“To justify God's ways to man.”

“War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain way of life.”

“The present enables us to understand the past, not the other way round.”

Source : "The Trouble Makers: Dissent over Foreign Policy, 1792-1939". Book by A. J. P. Taylor, 1957.