#sense

ولو ظل الإنسان ينكر كل ما لا يحسه لما خسر بذلك الأديان وحدها، بل خسر معها العلوم والمعارف وقيم الآداب والأخلاق. ↗

— عباس محمود العقاد

#god #islam #religion #spiritual #religion

At the Temple of the Seven-Handed Sek a hasty convocation of priests and ritual heart-transplant artisans agreed that the hundred-span-high statue of Sek was altogether too holy to be made into a magic picture, but a payment of two rhinu left them astoundedly agreeing that perhaps He wasn't as holy as all that. A prolonged session at the Whore Pits produced a number of colourful and instrutive pictures, a number of which Rincewind concealed about his person for detailed perusal in private. As the fumes cleared from his brain he began to speculate seriously as to how the iconograph worked. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#nonsense #religion #religion

Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#philosophy #science #sense-of-wonder #spirituality #science

I am not a genius, I am just curious. I ask many questions. and when the answer is simple, then God is answering. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#simplicity #simplicity

Thin-lipped wisdom spoke at her from the worn chair, hinted at prudence, quoted from that book of cowardice whose author apes the name of common sense. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#cowardice

Snyder: There are some things I can just smell. It's like a sixth sense. Giles: Well, actually, that would be one of the five. ↗

— Joss Whedon

#senses #humour

I’ll admit that my garden now grows hope in lavish profusion, leaving little room for anything else. I suppose it has squeezed out more practical plants like caution and common sense. Still, though, hope does not flourish in every garden, and I feel thankful it has taken root in mine. ↗

— Sharon Kay Penman

#hope #common-sense

1a) Never throw shit at an armed man. 1b) Never stand next to someone who is throwing shit at an armed man. ↗

— Larry Niven

#common-sense

Because others have let us down, it is now our duty to face the hard truths and do the right thing--no matter the personal cost. ↗

— Glenn Beck

#glenn-beck #common-sense

An appreciation for high fashion does not preclude possession of common sense. ↗

— Tasha Alexander

#common-sense