Yann Martel

The world isn't just the way it is. It is how we understand it, no? And in understanding something, we bring something to it, no? Doesn't that make life a story? ↗

— Yann Martel

#thinking #world #life

You might think I lost all hope at that point. I did. And as a result I perked up and felt much better. ↗

— Yann Martel

#life

I challenge anyone to understand Islam, its spirit, and not to love it. It is a beautiful religion of brotherhood and devotion. ↗

— Yann Martel

#religion #beauty

The reason death sticks so closely to life isn't biological necessity; it's envy. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. ↗

— Yann Martel

#beauty

Life will defend itself no matter how small it is. ↗

— Yann Martel

#martel #of #pi #yann #life

If there's only one nation in the sky, shouldn't all passports be valid for it? ↗

— Yann Martel

#humanity #inspiration #religion #inspirational

Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous possessive love that grabs at what it can. ↗

— Yann Martel

#life #beauty

Can there be any happiness greater than the happiness of salvation? ↗

— Yann Martel

#life

In my youth, it was my good luck to have a few good teachers, men and women, who came into my head and lit a match. ↗

— Yann Martel

#men

Scientists are a friendly, atheistic, hard-working, beer-drinking lot whose minds are preoccupied with sex, chess and baseball when they are not preoccupied with science. ↗

— Yann Martel

#scientists #life