Sheri S. Tepper - Men Quotes

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Ignorance perpetuates itself just as knowledge does. Men write false documents, they preach false doctrine, and those beliefs survive to inspire wickedness in later generations.... Conversely, some men write and teach about the truth, only to be declared heretic by the wicked. In such cases evil has the advantage, for it will do anything to suppress truth, but the good man limits what he will do to suppress falsehood.
One might almost make a rule of it: "Whoever declares another heretic is himself a devil. Whoever places a relic or artifact above justice, kindness, mercy, or truth is himself a devil and the thing elevated is a work of evil magic."

Sheri S. Tepper
Sitting down and weeping is what women have done for centuries, and it has done no good at all. Nor praying. God has given us the earth. He is not waiting in the next room, ready to fix it for us if we ruin it. If we do not care for it, no one will. On other worlds, other races of men perhaps do better than we have done. He cares for us, but he does not control what we do.

Sheri S. Tepper
All around the Mediterranean you'll find cultures that believe men can't control themselves and shouldn't have to try.

Sheri S. Tepper
They looked like men. That was the trouble with devils, Carolyn thought. Too often they looked like men.

Sheri S. Tepper
Men like to think well of themselves, and poets help them do it.

Sheri S. Tepper