#si

Intensely selfish people are always very decided as to what they wish. They do not waste their energies in considering the good of others. ↗

— Ouida

#selfishness #energy

Let me assure you that my intent is not to offend or merely be provocative. I'm simply worried. ↗

— Sam Harris

#provocative #religion #worry #religion

The word desire suggests that there is something we do not have. If we have everything already, then there can be no desire, for there is nothing left to want. I think that what the Buddha may have been trying to tell us is that we have it all, each of us, all the time; therefore, desire is simply unnecessary. ↗

— Tom Robbins

#desire #religion #religion

I'm a fundamentalist in the true sense. That is to say, I follow the fundamentals of religion... But for over 1,400 years people have been interpreting and re-interpreting the religion to suit their own purpose! ... These [extremist and terrorist acts] are not Islamic fundamentals any more than the Christians who burned people at the stake are fundamentalist. They are actually deviating from the teachings of the religion! ↗

— Mahathir Mohamad

#islam #malaysia #religion

If any man seem to be religious and bridleth not his tongue...this mans religion is in vain ↗

— James

#religion

Define the word exist, and you'll know whether God exists. ↗

— Bill Gaede

#existence #gaede #god #physics #religion

A single woman, of good fortune, is always respectable, and may be as sensible and pleasant as any body else. ↗

— Jane Austen

#respect

Mormons invented themselves just as other religious and ethnic groups invented themselves. But Mormons did so in such a singularly impressive way that we will probably always remain baffled as to how exactly it happened. ↗

— Laurence Moore

#ethnic-group #how-it-happened #lds #mormon #mormonism

That’s the biggest purpose of religious gathering: permission to look terrible in public. We used to go to church to confess our worst behaviour, to be heard and forgiven, then to be redeemed and accepted back into our community Chuck Palahniuk in interview with TMO ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#religion #transgressive-literature #religion

Ned, have you considered any of the other major religions? They're all pretty much the same." --Reverend Lovejoy ↗

— Matt Groening

#religion