The Earth Is the Lord's Quotes

“Only by surrender to the universal Soul doth man gain true life, and in understanding the universe about him, and in partaking of it, doth he acquire the fullness of joy.”
― Taylor Caldwell, The Earth Is the Lord's

“And therefore, they adored him. Even their knowledge that he would not hesitate to order their death for the slightest infraction of tribal rules merely served to intensify their awe and worship. He knew that above all other things the simple must have an idol, and it must be an idol they can see and hear, and not some abstract and invisible spirit which their childish imaginations could not encompass. He knew now that Jamuga’s belief in the innate integrity and sanctity of each man was the dream of one removed from reality, and without the understanding of men. He told himself that only a fool believed that the simple man had a deep human pride and independence and inaccessibility, and was possessed of reasoning virtue. Experience had convinced him that men wished a stronger man to decide all things for them, to command them and not consult them, to say “Thou shalt,” and not “Shall we?” He knew that individual responsibility irked and confused and frightened the simple mass of men, and that all they wished was guidance, protection, duty and an idol. The leader who consulted his people was a leader who is not respected, but even regarded with contempt. His reasonableness marked him among his people as a weak creature, not deserving of honor and fidelity. Law and not reason was this dais upon which the real king set his throne, knowing that the sword has more power when it is wielded without explanation.”
― Taylor Caldwell, The Earth Is the Lord's

“piedra. Él, que había”
― Taylor Caldwell, La tierra del señor

“Armamos a los que odiamos, con armas sobrenaturales, y nos achicamos en su presencia, y así al final, no son ellos los que nos conquistan, sino, nosotros mismos.”
― Taylor Caldwell, The Earth Is the Lord's

“El hombre que juega con el corazón de un amigo, descubrirá pronto que está jugando con un corazón que ha muerto.”
― Taylor Caldwell, The Earth Is the Lord's