#ned

All religions are designed to teach us how to live, joyfully, serenely, and kindly, in the midst of suffering. ↗

There is a danger in monotheism, and it's called idolatry. And we know the prophets of Israel were very, very concerned about idolatry, the worship of a human expression of the divine. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#called #concerned #danger #divine #expression

Through my illness I learned rejection. I was written off. That was the moment I thought, Okay, game on. No prisoners. Everybody's going down. ↗

— Lance Armstrong

#everybody #game #going #i #illness

I needed a place to put the dogs. The prisoners ruined the jail, so I put the prisoners in the tents and I had a nice place to put the dogs. We treat the cats nice too, and horses. I have the inmates take care of the animals. It's therapy too, you see. ↗

— Joe Arpaio

#cats #dogs #had #horses #i

It ended up being a very good thing, because they finally started writing for the character, and I realized that you have to go to work with a purpose. I learned from the experience and then moved on. ↗

— Matthew Ashford

#being #character #ended #experience #finally

Lord of the Rings is a good thing for us because it opened the door for the genre in general. Le Guin's stories are very different from Lord of the Rings. ↗

— Shawn Ashmore

#because #different #door #general #genre

There is no real reality to a really imagined life any more. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#imagined #life #more #real #reality

As far as we are concerned, we Syria have not changed. ↗

— Bashar al-Assad

#changed #concerned #far #syria

WikiLeaks is designed to make capitalism more free and ethical. ↗

— Julian Assange

#designed #ethical #free #make #more

Guns are evil! And very little good comes from the availability of a bullet designed to kill human beings! ↗