#religion

I am striving to give back the Divine in myself to the Divine in the All. ↗

— Plotinus

#inspirational #last-words #religion #inspirational

A man must be prepared not only to be a martyr, but to be a fool. It is absurd to say that a man is ready to toil and die for his convictions if he is not even ready to wear a wreathe around his head for them. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#inspirational #religion #inspirational

Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition. ↗

— Alan Turing

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My father chose my name , and my last name was chosen by my ancestors . That’s enough, I myself choose my way ↗

— Ali Shariati

#faith #friend #funny #god #humor

Often the truth is in front of your face, but your eyes and heart are so full of lies that you can't see it. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#beliefs #church #family #friendships #honesty

Senses of humor define people, as factions, deeper rooted than religious or political opinions. When carrying out everyday tasks, opinions are rather easy to set aside, but those whom a person shares a sense of humor with are his closest friends. They are always there to make the biggest influence. ↗

— Criss Jami

#beliefs #best-friends #brain #daily #daily-life

I have met some highly intelligent believers, but history has no record to say that [s]he knew or understood the mind of god. Yet this is precisely the qualification which the godly must claim—so modestly and so humbly—to possess. It is time to withdraw our 'respect' from such fantastic claims, all of them aimed at the exertion of power over other humans in the real and material world. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#atheism #belief #fantasy #god #humility

The merest accident of microgeography had meant that the first man to hear the voice of Om, and who gave Om his view of humans, was a shepherd and not a goatherd. They have quite different ways of looking at the world, and the whole of history might have been different. For sheep are stupid, and have to be driven. But goats are intelligent, and need to be led. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#religion #humor

What each of us believes in is up to us, but life is impossible without believing in something. ↗

— Kentetsu Takamori

#buddhism #japan #religion #spirituality #life

We should live our lives as though Christ was coming this afternoon. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#judgement #life #preparation #religion #life