#habit

While I gave up God a long time ago, I never shook the habit of wanting to believe in something. So I replaced my creed of everlasting life with life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#believe #creed #everlasting #gave #god

I've developed a karaoke habit. I've become a crooner. ↗

— Serena Williams

#developed #habit #i #karaoke

In the past 3-4 years I've developed a habit of keeping numerous small cassette recorders in my house and in a bag with me so that I'm able to commit to tape memory song ideas on a constant basis. ↗

— Dwight Yoakam

#bag #basis #cassette #commit #constant

The apostle (Paul) says to Timothy, and so he says to every preacher, 'Give thyself unto reading.' The man who never reads will never be read; he who never quotes will never be quoted; he who will not use the thoughts of other men's brains, proves that he has no brains of his own. Brethren, what is true of ministers is true of all our people ─ you need to read ↗

— C.H. Spurgeon

#spurgeon #men

In a brahmin house where they feed the fire as a god when the fire goes wild and burns the house they splash on it the water of the gutter and the dust of the street, beat their breasts and call the crowd. These men then forget their worship and scold their fire, O lord of the meeting rivers! ↗

— Basava

#rogue-tulpas #men

Men are good to a limit, God is good beyond limits. ↗

— Peter Teo

#men

Oh, people get used to so many things," said Vadesh, "if only they give them selves a chance. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#human-nature #philosophical #robots #thrill #nature

Your beliefs become your thoughts, Your thoughts become your words, Your words become your actions, Your actions become your habits, Your habits become your values, Your values become your destiny. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#habits #values #words

For those who are poor in happiness, each time is a first time; happiness never becomes a habit. ↗

— Marilyn Monroe

#happiness #marilyn-monroe #my-story #poor

My habit of glorifying things far away in space and time, also contributed to my social isolation. ↗

— Luke Ford

#away #contributed #far #far away #glorifying