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In general, the Internet was not designed to accommodate deliberate failures to communicate. ↗

— Daniel J. Bernstein

#communicate #deliberate #designed #failures #general

Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science. ↗

— Henri Bergson

#religion #science

There is no greater joy than that of feeling oneself a creator. The triumph of life is expressed by creation. ↗

— Henri Bergson

#creator #expressed #feeling #greater #joy

Doing films in Latin America is like an act of faith. I mean, you really have to believe in what you're doing because if not, you feel like it's a waste of time because you might as well be doing something that at least pays you the rent. ↗

— Gael Garcia Bernal

#america #because #believe #doing #faith

What did you think about?" I wish I could tell him that I thought about him, but I lied to him once and I won't do it again. And besides, I wasn't thinking about Xander either. "I thought about angels," I say. "Angels?" "You know. The ones in the old stories. How they can fly to heaven." "Do you think anyone believes in them anymore?" He asks. "I don't know. No. Do you?" "I believe in you," he says, his voice hushed and almost reverent. "That's more faith than I ever thought I'd have. ↗

— Ally Condie

#believe #cassia #ky #faith

Compared to the unleashed forces of warfare and of faith, Mount Vesuvius was kinder to the legacy of antiquity. ↗

— Stephen Greenblatt

#christianity #faith #religion #war #faith

Your religion is not what you do on Sunday. It is how you live Monday through Saturday. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#christians #church #commandments #faith #inspirational

I believe that these extra-terrestrial vehicles and their crews are visiting this planet from other planets. Most astronauts were reluctant to discuss UFOs. ↗

— Gordon Cooper

#believe #crews #discuss #i #i believe

We all reach a point that is the limit of our understanding. When we stare over the precipice of uncertainty and into the dark unknown that we cannot explain with hard evidence, that is when we trade understanding for belief. At best, we make an educated guess. At worst, we make blind leaps of faith. ↗

— Ramsey Isler

#death #faith #fantasy #philosophy #death

We're all proud of the communities that we've built and are a part of, but we shouldn't accept lost time and unnecessary stress when traveling in them. ↗

— Melissa Bean

#built #communities #lost #part #proud