{"quotes":[{"text":"True inner righteousness does not judge according to custom but by the measure of the most perfect law of God Almighty by which the mores of various places and times were adapted to those places and times.","author":"Augustine of Hippo","tags":["absolutes","relativism","values"],"id":23277,"author_id":"Augustine+of+Hippo"},{"text":"We have also set up for them an edifying project for a continuous mitigation of their own tyranny, ascribing to them an unshakeable faith in the triumph of virtue, as well as in the moral justification of their crimes. These are the theories of well-meaning children who see everything in black or white, dream of nothing but angels or demons, and have no idea of the incredible number of hypocritical masks of every color and shape and size which men use to conceal their features when they have passed the age of devotion to ideals and have abandoned themselves unrestrainedly to their egotistic desires.","author":"Alfred de Vigny","tags":["absolutes","hypocrisy","mankind","power"],"id":38337,"author_id":"Alfred+de+Vigny"},{"text":"Never say never,” he said urgently, rolling back on top of her and using all of his unusually heavy mass to press her deep into the cocoon of her little girl bed. “The gods love to toy with people who use absolutes.","author":"Josephine Angelini","tags":["absolutes","gods"],"id":53116,"author_id":"Josephine+Angelini"},{"text":"It's partly true, too, but it isn't all true. People always think something's all true.","author":"J.D. Salinger","tags":["absolutes","holden","truth"],"id":67385,"author_id":"J.D.+Salinger"},{"text":"In this treacherous worldNothing is the truth nor a lie.Everything depends on the colorOf the crystal through which one sees it.","author":"Pedro Calderón de la Barca","tags":["absolutes","evil","good","lies","perception","truth"],"id":71019,"author_id":"Pedro+Calder%C3%B3n+de+la+Barca"},{"text":"The dominant philosophy in today’s public university is called relativism, which categorically denies the existence of truth or moral absolutes. Those who are foolish enough to believe in such archaic notions as biblical authority or the claims of Christ are to be pitied—or bullied.","author":"James C. Dobson","tags":["absolutes","are","believe","biblical-ity","bullied","christ","claims","denies","dominant","enough","existence","foolish","moral","of","or","philosophy","pitied","public-university","relativism","those","to","today-s","truth","who"],"id":106131,"author_id":"James+C.+Dobson"},{"text":"I would rather have strong enemies than a world of passive individualists. In a world of passive individualists nothing seems worth anything simply because nobody stands for anything. That world has no convictions, no victories, no unions, no heroism, no absolutes, no heartbeat. That world has rigor mortis.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["absolutes","beliefs","convictions","dead-world","heartbeat","individualism","man","meaninglessness","open-mindedness","passivity","rigor-mortis","robot-world","unions","world","zealot"],"id":154863,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"I think all of us are looking for that which does not admit of bullshit . . . If you tell me you can bench press 450, hell, we'll load up the bar and put you under it. Either you can do it or you can't do it—you can't bullshit. Ultimately, sports are just about as close to what one would call the truth as it is possible to get in this world.","author":"Harry Crews","tags":["absolutes","bullshit","sports","truth"],"id":157984,"author_id":"Harry+Crews"},{"text":"Questions of absolute good and evil are much better not opened to public debate these days, when so few people are sure of their absolutes.","author":"Sidney Howard","tags":["absolutes","evil","good","truth"],"id":213250,"author_id":"Sidney+Howard"},{"text":"A true prophet would rather be believed false by many but actually true than believed true by many but actually false.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["absolutes","authenticity","belief","courage","deception","falsehood","genuine","honesty","image","lies","perception","prophet","reputation","truth","ultimatum","uncompromising","wisdom"],"id":258891,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":16,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}