“Whenever there is an absolute truth at stake, the manners become careless. This applies both to the owners as well as their opponents of that truth and to all people involved.”

— Paul Schnabel

Source: Between stigma and charisma: new religious movements and public mental health (Tussen stigma en charisma: nieuwe religieuze bewegingen en volksgezondheid) Deventer, Van Loghum Slaterus, page 343.

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