"Philosophy is the opposite of fairy tales"

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Jostein Gaarder

#Philosophy Quotes #Opposites Quotes #Fairy Tale Quotes

“Jesus came down in flesh and solved both of them. So for me, my household - I just think that we would all be better off if we loved God and loved each other. At the end of the day you will be happy, happy, happy.”
“I realize the importance of retelling those stories is so that, one, we don't forget what our ancestors had to do so we can be where we are, and two, to just educate the newer generation. I'm being educated by all these films ['Race' and 'Selma'] and the things I've had the opportunity to be a part of, and kids even younger than me are being educated, too. It's important to make sure those stories never die.”
“Beauty is the purest feeling of the soul. Beauty arises when soul is satisfied.”

Source : Amit Ray (2012). “Nonviolence: The Transforming Power”, p.32, INNER LIGHT PUBLISHERS
“Our very strength as lesbians lies in the fact that we are outside of patriarchy; our existence challenges its life.”
“The Bible is not my book and Christianity is not my religion. I could never give assent to the long complicated statements of Christian dogma.”
“Jesus did not ask us to believe that he would be raised from the dead.”
“There's nothing wrong with the Little League World Series that locking out the adults couldn't cure.”
“What you might see as depravity is, to me, just another aspect of the human condition.”

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