"The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason."

-- Benjamin Franklin

#Faith Quotes #Spiritual Quotes #Atheist Quotes

“The work is not simply about an occupation .. but why you are here.”
“Look it, let me put it to you this way. The NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons. There, I said it.”
“Verily, God hath eighteen thousand worlds; and verily, your world is one of them, and this its bright axle-tree.”

Source : Dorothy Dunnett (1972). “The Ringed Castle”, Vintage
“Satan would seem to be mannerly and reasonable; making as if he would be content with one-half of the heart, whereas God challengeth all or none: as, indeed, He hath most reason to claim all that made all. But this is nothing but a crafty fetch of Satan; for he knows that if he have any part, God will have none: so the whole falleth to his share alone.”

Source : Joseph Hall (1824). “Select Tracts from the Writings of the ... Rev. J. Hall”, p.226
“The mind that opens to a new idea never returns to its original size”
“The power of both myth and art is this magical ability to open doors, to make connections â€” not only between us and the natural world, but between us and the rest of humanity. Myths show us what we have in common with every other human being, no matter what culture we come from, no matter what century we live in. . .and at the same time, mythic stories and art celebrate our essential differences...”
“Every science is a profane restatement of the preceding dogmas of the religious period”
“Let it all out. If only I could. Letting it all out would involve me exploding like a firework, a beautiful riot of rainbow sparks bouncing around the car and lighting up the entire lot.”

Source : Nick Burd (2009). “The Vast Fields of Ordinary”, p.87, Penguin

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