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It's better to have a million small religions with each one containing a great truth. Than one great religion containing a million small truths. ↗

— Carla VanKoughnett

#religion #religion

(Wallace) Stevens turns to the idea of the weather precisely as the religious man turns to the idea of God. ↗

— Harold Bloom

#poetry #religion #wallace-stevens #weather #religion

Why would you accept the Jesus of the Bible, if you have rejected the Bible of Jesus? ↗

— Wes Moore

#religion #religion

We are respecting our parents' wishes....They didn't want to shelter us from the world's treacheries. They wanted us to survive them. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#parents-and-responsiblity #survival #treachery #respect

The greatest trick Christianity ever pulled was convincing the world that Satan exists. ↗

— Aaron B. Powell

#christianity-religion-atheism #deism #religion

Which is it? Is man only a blunder of God? Or is God only a blunder of man? ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#religion-philosophy #religion

I think you also understand that one of the key things that's got to be done in Iraq is to build a mentality of understanding that the military needs to be subordinate to civilian control and respectful of its own people. ↗

— John Abizaid

#build #civilian #control #done #got

As for fame, it can go to your head and you can become full of yourself. ↗

— John Fahey

#fame #full #go #head #you

To make 2013 (or any other)your year, keep it simple: 1) Count your blessings first 2) Whatever you did last year, Do it better 3) Go step by step, One day at a time. 4) Create/make your own opportunities. 5) Believe in your abilities at all times, 6) Qutting is not an option. Keep Going. 7) Finish what you started ↗

— Pablo

#begin #belief #believe #blessings #discipline

waste-not want-not. i am not wasted, what do i want? ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#true-story #religion