#eli

Not only are there no happy endings,' she told him, 'there aren't even any endings. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#religion

I'm evangelical. ↗

— Pat Robertson

#i

I can't hide my feelings. ↗

— Jack Kemp

#hide #i

I allowed myself the supernatural, the transcendent, because, I told myself, our love of metaphor is pre-religious, born of our need to express what is inexpressible, our dreams of otherness, of more. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#religion #dreams

A novelist's characters must be with him as he lies down to sleep, and as he wakes from his dreams. He must learn to hate them and to love them. ↗

— Anthony Trollopel

#dreams #hate #love #novelist #sleep

Behavior precedes belief - that is, most people must engage in a behavior before they accept that it is beneficial; then they see the results, and then they believe that it is the right thing to do....implementation precedes buy-in; it does not follow it. ↗

— Douglas B. Reeves

#belief #buy-in #change #implementation #change

Religion is the subjective experience. Science is the objective reality. To argue either is a ridiculous waste of time and energy. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#energy #reality #religion #science #waste-of-time

One of the most freeing discoveries these past few years in my relationship with God is discovering that God is not a belief system or a fixed set of theological propositions. ↗

— Jim Palmer

#god #shedding-religion #spirituality #freedom

Because I was raised in a Christian culture I never considered myself to be a totally free human being. ↗

— James Baldwin

#condemnation #freedom #religion #freedom

I have rejected religion and society. What is left for me? ↗

— Daniel A. Craig

#life #religion #death