#sm

Religion does not help me. The faith that others give to what is unseen, I give to what one can touch, and look at. My gods dwell in temples made with hands; and within the circle of actual experience is my creed made perfect and complete: too complete, it may be, for like many or all of those who have placed their heaven in this earth, I have found in it not merely the beauty of heaven, but the horror of hell also. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#art #religion #truth #wilde #art

She had always thought that she wanted someone to love her beyond all reason. Someone who would slay a regiment of knights to save her the slightest inconvenience. She'd been wrong. That sort of fool left nothing but a swath of bloody knights in his wake. ↗

— Courtney Milan

#miranda #smite #turner-series #love

Having been to war myself, I do not understand why so many people are so in love with it. ↗

— Michel Templet

#pacifism #war #love

And fetch some straw. We’ll put it between us and the ground. No reason we shouldn’t sleep soft tonight.” “Straw. I love luxury. ↗

— Joanna Bourne

#sarcasm #love

You cannot control the results, only your actions. ↗

— Allan Lokos

#compassion #insight #karma #meditation #mindfulness

For those in love with an illusion often refuse to accept reality ↗