"Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold."

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Source : John Betjeman (2005). “Faith and Doubt of John Betjeman: An Anthology of Betjeman's Religious Verse”, p.53, A&C Black

John Betjeman

#Happiness Quotes #Laughter Quotes #Giving Quotes

“That so many manage to accommodate belief systems encompassing both the natural and the supernatural is a testament not to the compatibility of science and religion but to the flexibility, in both the physical and metaphysical senses, of the human brain.”

Source : Susan Jacoby (2005). “Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism”, p.132, Macmillan
“Older and wiser voices can help you find the right path, if you are only willing to listen.”
“True confidence leaves no room for jealousy. When you know your are great, you have no need to hate.”
“Loneliness is the inability to share your story, your Unique Self story. For most people, the move beyond loneliness requires us to share our story with a significant other. For the spiritual elite, the receiving of our own story - and the knowing that it is an integral part of the larger story of All-That-Is - is enough. But for most human beings, loneliness is transcended through contact with another person.”
“Because of GLHR's crusades... we're beginning to learn the awful truth about workers around the world who are slaving away their lives in sweatshops, who are denied the right to join or form a union in order to fight back and provide a better life for their families.”
“When I became tired of oil painting at one stage, I used collage and this proved to be influential in the design and composition of my later works.”
“I manage to hide in my movies.”
“If kids can forget their own mothers but still have a sense of comrade Lenin, then Soviet power really is here to stay!”

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