Where there is dirt there is system. Dirt is the byproduct of a systematic ordering and classification of matter.
Mary DouglasIt is only partly true that religion does more harm than good in society. The community makes God into the image it wants, vengeful, or milky sweet, or scrupulously just, and so on.
Mary DouglasThe natural response of the old-timers is to build a strong moral wall against the outside. This is where the world starts to be painted in black and white, saints inside, and sinners outside the wall.
Mary Douglas