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We are respecting our parents' wishes....They didn't want to shelter us from the world's treacheries. They wanted us to survive them. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#parents-and-responsiblity #survival #treachery #respect

He followed in his father's footsteps, but his gait was somewhat erratic. ↗

— Nicolas Bentley

#father #followed #footsteps #gait #his

Nothing out there tells us how we must live: we and we alone can now with confidence knowingly trust our own hearts, and admit that we do and must invent our own ethics. ↗

— Don Cupitt

#religion #religion

I care only to know, if possible, the lasting meaning that lies in all religious doctrine from the beginning till now. ↗

— George Eliot

#religion

The greatest trick Christianity ever pulled was convincing the world that Satan exists. ↗

— Aaron B. Powell

#christianity-religion-atheism #deism #religion

Which is it? Is man only a blunder of God? Or is God only a blunder of man? ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#religion-philosophy #religion

I think you also understand that one of the key things that's got to be done in Iraq is to build a mentality of understanding that the military needs to be subordinate to civilian control and respectful of its own people. ↗

— John Abizaid

#build #civilian #control #done #got

As for fame, it can go to your head and you can become full of yourself. ↗

— John Fahey

#fame #full #go #head #you

The only religious opinion I feel sure of is this: self-awareness is not just a bunch of amino acids bumping together. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#religion

To make 2013 (or any other)your year, keep it simple: 1) Count your blessings first 2) Whatever you did last year, Do it better 3) Go step by step, One day at a time. 4) Create/make your own opportunities. 5) Believe in your abilities at all times, 6) Qutting is not an option. Keep Going. 7) Finish what you started ↗

— Pablo

#begin #belief #believe #blessings #discipline