He who has the bigger stick has the better chance of imposing his definitions of reality.
Peter L. BergerA few years ago, a priest working in a slum section of a European city was asked why he was doing it, and replied, 'So that the rumor of God may not completely disappear.
Peter L. BergerIndia is the most religious country in the world, Sweden is the most secular country in the world, and America is a country of Indians ruled by Swedes.
Peter L. BergerOn the one hand, man is a body, in the same way that this may be said of every other animal organism. On the other hand, man has a body. That is, man experiences himself as an entity that is not identical with his body, but that, on the contrary, has that body at its disposal. In other words, man's experience of himself always hovers in a balance between being and having a body, a balance that must be redressed again and again.
Peter L. Berger