#beat

The machines are too dull when we are lion-poems that move & breathe. ↗

— Michael McClure

#lion #machines #nature #poems #poetry

…Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I don't know what will go first, rock 'n' roll or Christianity. We're more popular than Jesus now. Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me. ↗

— John Lennon

#christianity #popular-culture #religion #religion

Anyway, there is one thing I have learned and that is not to dress uncomfortably, in styles which hurt: winklepicker shoes that cripple your feet and tight pants that squash your balls. Indian clothes are better. ↗

— George Harrison

#beatles #clothes #comfort #style

You can judge a man's true character by the way he treats his fellow animals. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#beatles #character #man #vegetarianism #true

Slipping? We're bigger than Jesus. ↗

— John Lennon

#jesus

Blessed are the dumbfucks. ↗

— Christopher Moore

#christ

Well, for that matter, I was also a good friend of Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, Francis Bacon, Albert Einstein, and John, Paul, George, and Ringo." He pauses, seeing the blank look on my face and groaning when he says, "Christ, Ever, the Beatles!" He shakes his head and laughs. "God, you make me feel old. ↗

— Alyson Noel

#christ

For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes (Matthew 5). But, often with tears in their eyes, the demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course, that's Moses, not Jesus. I haven't heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, be posted anywhere. "Blessed are the merciful" in a courtroom? "Blessed are the peacemakers" in the Pentagon? Give me a break! ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#christ #christian #christianity #jesus #christ

It's all in the mind. ↗

— George Harrison

#mind #perception #psychology #perception

One thing you can't hide - is when you're crippled inside. ↗

— John Lennon

#emotions #hypocrisy #pain #suffering #emotion