THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss and have found their way out of the depths. these persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen. ELIZABETH KUBLER-ROSS
AT THE COST OF ONE FAILURE, THE WISE LEARN THE LESSON FOR THE WHOLE OF LIFE. HAZRAT INAYAT KHAN
STOP WALKING THROUGH THE WORLD LOOKING FOR CONFIRMATION that you don’t belong. You will always find it because you’ve made that your mission. Stop scouring people’s faces for evidence that you’re not enough. You will always find it because you’ve made that your goal. True belonging and self-worth are not goods; we don’t negotiate their value with the world. The truth about who we are lives in our hearts. Our call to courage is to protect our wild heart against constant evaluation, especially our own. No one belongs here more than you. BRENE BROWN
YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE. JAMIE FOX
WE ARE SO LIGHTLY HERE. It is in love tat we are made. In love that we disappear. LEONARD COHEN
GARRISON KEILLOR 1942—-“PRARIE HOME COMPANION”
THE FUNNIEST LINE IN ENGLISH IS ‘GET IT?’ WHEN YOU SAY THAT, EVERYONE CHORTLES.
MY RELIGION WOULD BE a gentle faith that believed in the sacredness of leisure. Napping as a form of prayer.
ZOROASTRIANS believe in one Great Almighty Spirit of good who is in combat against evil forces, and goodness prevails in the end. There is no self-flagellation or staring at the sun or snake-handling.
I’VE WANTED TO BE A WRITER SINCE I WAS A BOY, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. but I persevered and eventually found my own row to hoe. Ignorance of other writers’ work keeps me from discouragement and I am less well-read than the average bus driver.
ALEXEI SAYLE 1952—– COMEDIAN
I THINK THAT THE IDEAS OF THE WORLD are that it’s random and cruel but kind of quite comical really, and therefore the humor, in a sense springs from that.
HONESTLY, SOMETIMES I GET REALLY FED UP OF MY SUBCONSCIOUS — IT’S LIKE IT’S GOT A MIND OF ITS OWN.
I FEEL SORRY for many politicians we expect them to be completely consistent and moralised when we’re not.
BUT as in all cults, what’s central to the Communist Party is the belief system and the elimination of nuance. From there you’re very slowly led down the road to fanaticism and mass murder.
I WANTED TO WRITE ABOUT HOW PEOPLE’S BELIEFS SHIFT.
PEOPLE AREN’T UNIVERSALLY HEROIC.
YOU CAN’T DO COMEDY WITH A BEARD.
MOST OF MY FRIENDS ARE WOMEN — I quite fancied being a woman in a way.
AS A COMIC, you try something and if it works you go with it and grind it to death.
MOST OF THE COMMUNISTS I KNEW WERE NICE PEOPLE.
JAMES RANDI MAGICIAN “THE FAITH HEALERS” 1928—-2020
NO MATTER HOW SMART OR WELL-EDUCATED YOU ARE, YOU CAN BE DECEIVED.
WE OWE IT TO OUR KIDS to inform them and train them how to think, not what to think.
NO AMOUNT OF BELIEF MAKES SOMETHING A FACT.
MAGICIANS are the most honest people in the world; they tell you they’re gonna fool you, and the they do it.
BLIND BELIEF can be comforting, but it can easily cripple reason and productivity and stop intellectual progress.
THERE IS distinct difference between having an open mind and having a hole in your head from which your brain leaks out.
RELIGION IS BASED UPON BLIND FAITH SUPPORTED BY NO EVIDENCE.
THE POPE is a dangerous, bigoted, medieval dinosaur, and the Holy Ghost is a comic-book character worthy of laughter and derision.
THE MARKET FOR NONSENSE IS INFINITE.
PEOPLE WHO ARE SMART GET INTO MENSA. People who are really smart look around and leave.
FEELING BETTER IS NOT ACTUALLY BEING BETTER.
NATURE DOESN’T CHEAT — PEOPLE DO.
TO RECOGNIZE that nature has neither a preference for our species nor a bias against it takes only a little courage.
I BELIEVE IN THE BASIC GOODNESS of my species, because that appears to be a positive tactic and quality that leads to better chances of survival — and in spite of our foolishness, we seem to have survived.
GODS ARE CHILDREN’S BLANKETS THAT GET CARRIED OVER INTO ADULTHOOD.
DEATH IS THE ULTIMATE DISAPPOINTMENT.
DON’T WORRY, BE HAPPY.