"If a single one of these gentlemen is correct, if a believer of any type is right, the essential truth for man, the real drama of life, in comparison with which the secular story of the race, is a puppet-show and the unfolding of the universe is a triviality, is the dialogue of the immortal soul and the eternal God. Yet it seems that there is nothing in the world so hard to discover as this. The theory refutes itself."

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Source : "The Psychology of Religion". Book by Joseph McCabe, 1927.

Joseph McCabe

#Drama Quotes #Real Quotes #Men Quotes

“Any company designed for success in the 20th century is doomed to failure in the 21st.”
“I miss him as soon as he goes. When he isn't with me, I think I made him up.”
“Life is what you make it so make the best of it.”
“In prehistoric times, Homo sapiens was deeply endangered. Early humans were less fleet of foot, with fewer natural weapons and less well-honed senses than all the predators that threatened them. Moreover, they were hampered in their movements by the need to protect their uniquely immature young - juicy meals for any hungry beast.”

Source : "Philip Roth was wrong" by Robert Winston, www.theguardian.com. December 16, 2005.
“A weapon does not decide whether or not to kill. A weapon is a manifestation of a decision that has already been made.”

Source : Steven Galloway (2009). “The Cellist of Sarajevo”, p.60, Atlantic Books Ltd
“The biggest kick I get is to communicate with those who are exiled from the game - in hospitals, homes, prisons - those who have seldom seen a game, who can't travel to a game, those who are blind.”
“Acting is contained - you act for three months, then leave it - but writing is the act of creation. Writing is dangerous.”
“Happy is the spirit that attains to the perfect formlessness at the time of prayer.”

Source : "Evagrius Ponticus: The Praktikos. Chapters on Prayer". Translated by John Eudes Bamberger, 1972.

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