#th

This sadness is one of the great trials of the human experiment. As far as we know, we are the only species on the planet who have been given the gift - or curse, perhaps - of awareness about our own mortality. Everything here eventually dies; we're just the lucky ones who get to think about this fact every day. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#death

The young need discipline and a full bookcase. ↗

— Vivienne Westwood

#youth #discipline

So those who wished for some central cosmic purpose for us, or at least our world, or at least our solar system, or at least our galaxy, have been disappointed, progressively disappointed. The universe is not responsive to our ambitious expectations. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#science #truth #experience

Are you seeing anyone romantically?" he inquired. "No, I'm not," she replied. "Good. Please keep it that way. Because I intend to ask you to marry me. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#faith

Contrary to the media circus which portrayed politicians as all-powerful figures, Kentbridge knew from experience the vast majority of US Government officials – elected or otherwise – were puppets who only had the illusion of power. ↗

— James Morcan

#mystery #politics #thriller #experience

Clearly God was in some kind of mood on my birthday. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#cancer #death #family #jesse #jodi-picoult

Needing to have reality confirmed and experience enhanced by photographs is an aesthetic consumerism to which everyone is now addicted. Industrial societies turn their citizens into image-junkies; it is the most irresistible form of mental pollution. ↗

— Susan Sontag

#aesthetics #consumerism #photography #society #experience

Only so much of life do I know as I have lived. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#favorite-author #life #experience

Sometimes, the simple things are more fun and meaningful than all the banquets in the world ... ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#experiences #fun #inspirational #life #life-lessons

The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#faith