#ture

Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

#contrary #nature #reason #whatsoever

I've always been interested in the relationship between total external surround, culture, the political matrix, technology, etc., and the internal human consciousness. ↗

— Norman Spinrad

#been #between #consciousness #culture #etc

The only really good place to buy lumber is at a store where the lumber has already been cut and attached together in the form of furniture finished and put inside boxes. ↗

— Dave Barry

#humor #lumber #humor

I have no word of yours to assure me that our brief friendship held for you the same significance it held for me, but I must go on believing so. Every hope of the future is meaningless unless I have faith that you and I will share it together. ↗

— Elizabeth George Speare

#future #hope #letter #love #together

Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear of the future. ↗

— Fulton Oursler

#crucify #fear #future #many #ourselves

I think you have a pact with an audience in every picture, and I think the pact is to try and be truthful and to be real. ↗

— James L. Brooks

#be real #every #i #i think #pact

I fancied my luck to be witnessing yet another full moon. True, I’d seen hundreds of full moons in my life, but they were not limitless. When one starts thinking of the full moon as a common sight that will come again to one’s eyes ad-infinitum, the value of life is diminished and life goes by uncherished. ‘This may be my last moon,’ I sighed, feeling a sudden sweep of sorrow; and went back to reading more of The Odyssey. ↗

— Roman Payne

#homer #life #moon #nature #poetry

Come unto me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." (Matthew 11:28) ↗

— Anonymous

#inspirational #salvation #scripture #inspirational

We can strive to put the past behind us, serve God to the best of our ability now, and look ahead to the glorious future! ↗

— Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania

#god #inspirational #jehovah #jw #inspirational

If a belief is not realized immediately in open deeds, it is stored up for the guidance of the future. ↗

— William Kingdon Clifford

#deeds #future #guidance #immediately #open