#eli

My dad was a militant atheist, or is a militant atheist. My mum was sort of bought up in a religious family because she was a Protestant from Ireland but wasn't especially religious. ↗

— Tony Blair

#because #bought #dad #especially #family

My faith foundation works to bring about a greater respect and understanding between different faiths. We basically work with six popular religions in the world which are the three Abrahamic religions, Hinduism and Buddhism and Sikhism. ↗

— Tony Blair

#basically #between #bring #buddhism #different

Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to dominate the headline. ↗

— Tony Blair

#conflict #dominate #headline #manage #number

I wrote stories from the time I was a little girl, but I didn't want to be a writer. I wanted to be an actress. I didn't realize then that it's the same impulse. It's make-believe. It's performance. ↗

— Joan Didion

#girl #i #impulse #little #little girl

For everything that lives is holy, life delights in life. ↗

— William Blake

#everything #holy #life #lives

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#feeling #never #showing #truth #you

Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#different #dwellers #each #feelings #habits

Energy is an eternal delight, and he who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence. ↗

— William Blake

#breeds #delight #desires #energy #eternal

But I am an optimist about Britain; and the difference between an optimist and a pessimist is not that the optimist believes the world is wonderful and the pessimist believes it's beset by challenges; the difference is the pessimist believes we will be defeated by them; the optimist thinks the challenges can be overcome. ↗

— Tony Blair

#am #believes #beset #between #britain

Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#becomes #companion #delightful #doubtful #flatterer