"I'm not sure, however, that what I have amounts to faith in the sense commonly understood. I have difficulty understanding the function of the word "believe" in the realm of faith, a basic term in the grammar of every creed."

-- Zia Haider Rahman

#Believe Quotes #Understanding Quotes #Difficulty Quotes

“Another fella told me, he had a sister who looked just fine. Instead of being my deliverance, she had a strange resemblance to a cat name of Frankenstein.”

Source : Song: Another Saturday Night, Album: Ain't That Good News, 2003
“Technically, Windows is an "operating system," which means that it supplies your computer with the basic commands that it needs to suddenly, with no warning whatsoever, stop operating.”
“And once again I found myself wondering, as I drifted off to stunned and unbelieving sleep:How do these terrible things always happen to me?”

Source : Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Dearly Devoted Dexter”, p.144, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
“Watch out for intellect, because it knows so much it knows nothing and leaves you hanging upside down, mouthing knowledge as your heart falls out of your mouth.”

Source : Anne Sexton, “Admonitions To A Special Person”
“The moment you become aware of the ego in you, it is strictly speaking no longer the ego, but just an old, conditioned mind-pattern. Ego implies unawareness. Awareness and ego cannot coexist.”
“To a coward, courage always looks like stupidity.”

Source : "The Left Grapples With Charlie Hebdo" by Bill Scher, www.realclearpolitics.com. January 12, 2015.
“It didnâ€™t matter where you were, if you were in a room full of books you were at least halfway home.”
“If you take action, you will be judged. There's no way around it. The alternative, of course, is much safer. To be ignored. Up to you.”

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