"I cannot believe that any religion has been revealed to Man by God. Because a revealed religion would be perfect but no known religion is perfect; and because history and science show us that known religions have not been revealed but have been evolved from other traditions."

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Source : Robert Blatchford (1917). “God and My Neighbour”

Robert Blatchford

#Believe Quotes #Men Quotes #Perfect Quotes

“I've had to grow up with everyone watching me, which has been hard.”
“The Arabs of the land of Israel [ Palestinians] have only one functionleft to them -- to run away.”
“I just believe that sometimes in life you're like a shark - you have to keep moving through water; otherwise, you'll die.”
“The full acting out of the self's surrender to God therefore demands pain: this action, to be perfect, must be done from the pure will to obey, in the absence, or in the teeth, of inclination”
“What had happened was this. When still young, I had gotten the idea from somewhere that I might be able to write... Maybe the deadly notion came from liking to read so much. Maybe I was in love with the image of being a writer. Whatever. It had been a really bad idea. Because I couldn't write, at least not by the bluntly and frequently expressed standards of anyone in a position to offer any encouragement and feedback.”
“This life that I've led has been really well suited for me.”
“I like it where it gets dark at night, and if you want noise, you have to make it yourself.”
“There's a palace in your head, boy. Learn to live in it always.”

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