#eat

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

Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#jesus

Now, now my good man, this is no time to be making enemies." (Voltaire on his deathbed in response to a priest asking him that he renounce Satan.) ↗

— Voltaire

#enemies #satan #enemy

Maybe you think life is not worth living, but is death worth dying for? ↗

— Cesar Nascimento

#hope #life #poem #suicide #death

We were always loyal to lost causes...Success for us is the death of the intellect and of the imagination. ~ Professor MacHugh ↗

— James Joyce

#death

We die well when we die with purpose fulfilled". ~R. Alan Woods [2012] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#fulfilling-purpose #purpose-in-life #r-alan-woods #death

She preferred the quiet solitary atmosphere, to create in her own world of paint and colour, the thrill of anticipating how her works would turn out as she eyed the blank sheets of paper or canvas before starting her next masterpiece. How satisfying it was to mess around in paint gear, without having to worry about spills, starch or frills, that was the life! ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#artist #artistic #artists #artists-life #arts

I have no fear of after death life! Even if there is such thing, it is God who should be worried. I am sure I have good reasons to present but I am not sure he might have good excuses for his injustice. ↗

— M.F. Moonzajer

#injustice #death

Strategy was first used in Athens (508 BC) to describe the art of leadership used by the ten generals on the war council. Some argue for the more creative, human side, while others argue for the more analytic side of strategy. ↗

— Max McKeown

#creativity #leadership #strategic #strategy #art

The guillotine is the masterpiece of the plastic arts Its click Creates perpetual motion ("The Head") ↗

— Blaise Cendrars

#decapitation #guillotine #perpetual-motion #art