Yann Martel

Atheists are my brothers and sisters of a different faith, and every word they speak speaks of faith. Like me, they go as far as the legs of reason will carry them -- and then they leap. ↗

— Yann Martel

#life-of-pi #reason #yann-martel #faith

Christianity is a religion in a rush. ↗

— Yann Martel

#religion #life

All living things contain a measure of madness that moves them in strange, sometimes inexplicable ways. ↗

— Yann Martel

#strange #life

Stories--individual stories, family stories, national stories--are what stitch together the disparate elements of human existence into a coherent whole. We are story animals. ↗

— Yann Martel

#family

To me, religion is about our dignity, not our depravity. ↗

— Yann Martel

#religion

To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is ken to choosing immobility as a means of transportation. ↗

— Yann Martel

#life

It was a huge zoo, spread over numberless acres, big enough to require a train to explore it, though it seemed to get smaler as I grew older, train included. Now it's so small it fits in my head. ↗

— Yann Martel

#zoos #life

A house is a compressed territory where our basic needs can be fulfilled close by and safely. ↗

— Yann Martel

#life-of-pi #philosophy-of-life #life

If you take two steps towards God,' he used to tell me, 'God runs to you! ↗

— Yann Martel

#religion #life

Religion is more than rite and ritual. ↗

— Yann Martel

#rite #ritual #life