#rut

Clearly I miss Him, having been brought up in religion. But now a man must be responsible to himself. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#religion

To think because you have been “saved” that you are now sane is insanity. God doesn’t fix the mind. He only gives you opportunities to have moments of clarity. It is your job to climb the mountain and see above the clouds for yourself, not to believe the congregation's interpretation of the view. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#brainwashed #personal-truth #religion #seeking-god #testimony

But people didn't have to pay as much attention to the awful truth. As the living legend of the cruel tyrant in the city and the gentle holy man in the jungle grew, so, too, did the happiness of the people grow. They were all employed full time as actors in a play they understood, that any human being anywhere could understand and applaud. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#religion #truth #religion

Error is indeed our enemy, but it alone points to the truth and therefore deserves our respectful treatment. ↗

— Allan Bloom

#truth #respect

Money and religion are perfect alloy. ↗

— Toba Beta

#money

Tiesą, kaip tu ir sakei, dažniausiai lydi stiprus skausmas. O beveik niekas netrokšta skausmingos tiesos. Žmonėms reikia gražios ir jaukios pasakos, kuri leistų jiems bent truputį giliau pajusti savo gyvenimo prasmę. Būtent todėl atsiranda religijos. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#religion #tale #truth #religion

Yes. But terrible heresies have proven to be grim truths many times before in the longer history of my Church, Sek Hardeen. ↗

— Dan Simmons

#religion #truth #religion

If you like someone, you tell the truth because that, to me, is respect. If you hate someone, you tell them the truth because what do you have to lose? ↗

— Tara Kelly

#respect

Kitu cha kwanza kufanya kama umeamua kuficha ukweli wape watu ukweli mwingine kulinda thamani ya utu wako. ↗

— Enock Maregesi

#truth #untruth #respect

Maybe it's just that some of us have had certain facts and truths slapped up against our heads so hard and so often that we have to see them and pay our respects to their reality. ↗

— Ralph Ellison in Juneteenth

#perspective #reality #truth #respect