"Faith is not belief in spite of evidence but a life in scorn of the consequences."

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Source : Clarence Jordan (2005). “The Substance of Faith: and Other Cotton Patch Sermons”, p.43, Wipf and Stock Publishers

Clarence Jordan

#Belief Quotes #Spite Quotes #Evidence Quotes

“People were talking while I was playing, so I got up and left the stage. I've gotten to the point where I'm not really very patient with patrons rapping during the show. And the people were all nice and quiet when I cam back.”
“The only place where poverty should be is in museums.”
“Putting our expectations on others is a habit that keeps us feeling frustrated. It diminishes the amount of love we feel.”
“Stand-up was interesting to me at the beginning, because I was trying to parody it. My early stand-up was really Andy Kaufman-esque, and then I became the very thing I was making fun of.”

Source : Source: film.avclub.com
“... the life of the mind is reality, and love without romantic illumination is a spiritless matter.”
“The way to healthy living is to shift from quantitative economic growth to quality of life, food, water and air - to shift from craving to contentment and from greed to gratitude”
“Science can explain what's happening down inside atoms and what's happening at the edge of the universe, but it cannot explain consciousness. It's a paradox--withou t consciousness there would be no science, but science doesn't know what to do, at all, with consciousness.”
“It's always really special to be at the New York Film Festival, and always a real privilege.”

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