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Probably the simplest hypothesis... is that there may be a slow process of annihilation of matter. ↗

— Arthur Eddington

#hypothesis #matter #may #probably #process

Well, of course it was a very trying time for me, and fortunately I had a lot of people who were supportive. A lot of people who were writing and calling and saying they were praying for me. Some people sent me Scripture, and that helped. ↗

— Anita Hill

#course #fortunately #had #helped #i

I always told my mother I wanted a job where I could have a lot of fun and have a lot of time off. She asked me where I was going to find that, and I said, 'I don't know, but it's out there.' ↗

— Sherman Hemsley

#asked #could #find #fun #going

I am not even an atheist so much as an antitheist; I not only maintain that all religions are versions of the same untruth, but I hold that the influence of churches and the effect of religious belief, is positively harmful. Reviewing the false claims of religion I do not wish, as some sentimental materialists affect to wish, that they were true. I do not envy believers their faith. I am relieved to think that the whole story is a sinister fairy tale; life would be miserable if what the faithful affirmed was actually true.... There may be people who wish to live their lives under cradle-to-grave divine supervision, a permanent surveillance and monitoring. But I cannot imagine anything more horrible or grotesque. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#religion #faith

Often, when I want to consult my impulses, I cannot find them. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#consult #find #i #impulses #often

I loved it, but had to forget about acting after elementary school because it was the sort of thing you just didn't do in my rough neighborhood. ↗

— Sherman Hemsley

#acting #after #because #elementary #elementary school

Mockery is childish. It does not become you. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#life #originality #self-esteem #inspirational

Optimism hopes for the best without any guarantee of its arriving and is often no more than whistling in the dark. Christian hope, by contrast, is faith looking ahead to the fulfillment of the promises of God, as when the Anglican burial service inters the corpse 'in sure and certain hope of the Resurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Christ.' Optimism is a wish without warrant; Christian hope is a certainty, guaranteed by God himself. Optimism reflects ignorance as to whether good things will ever actually come. Christian hope expresses knowledge that every day of his life, and every moment beyond it, the believer can say with truth, on the basis of God's own commitment, that the best is yet to come. ↗

— J.I. Packer

#hope #life #optimism #resurrection #faith

We do not have a money problem in America. We have a values and priorities problem. ↗

— Marian Wright Edelman

#money #priorities #problem #values

I find that I sent wolves not shepherds to govern Ireland, for they have left me nothing but ashes and carcasses to reign over! ↗

— Elizabeth I

#find #govern #i #ireland #left