“I assert most unhesitatingly, that the religion of the south is a mere covering for the most
horrid crimes, - a justifier of the most appalling barbarity, -a sanctifier
of the most hateful frauds,-and a dark shelter under, which the darkest, foulest, grossest, and most infernal deeds of slaveholders find the
strongest protection. Were I to be again reduced to the chains of slavery,
next to that enslavement, I should regard being the slave of a religious
master the greatest calamity that could befall me. For of all slaveholders
with whom I have ever met, religious slaveholders are the worst. I have
ever found them the meanest and basest, the most cruel and cowardly.
of all others. It was my unhappy lot not only to belong to a religious
slaveholder, but to live in a community of such religionists.” ~ Narrative Of the Life of Frederick Douglass #goodreading #literature #slavery #americanhistory #keepingitreal

“Because I don t live in either my past or my future. I’m
interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always
on the present, you’ll be a happy man. You’ll see that there is
life in the desert, that there are stars in the heavens, and that
tribesmen fight because they are part of the human race. Life
will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the
moment we re living right now.” #thealchemist #paulocoelho - excellent short read. #lit #literature #ilikebooks !