"Life is full of its disappointments, and I suppose the art of being happy is to disguise them as illusions."

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Source : "Complete Works of Saki".

Hector Hugh Munro

#Art Quotes #Disappointment Quotes #Life Is Quotes

“Nor can We predict happier times for religion and government from the plans of those who desire vehemently to separate the Church from the state, and to break the mutual concord between temporal authority and the priesthood. It is certain that that concord which always was favorable and beneficial for the sacred and the civil order is feared by the shameless lovers of liberty.”
“We don't serve God to gain His acceptance; we are accepted so we serve God. We don't follow Him in order to be loved; we are loved so we follow Him.”

Source : Neil T. Anderson, Joanne Anderson (2000). “Daily in Christ”, Harvest House Publishers
“I love meeting new people; I think everyone has a story to tell. We should all listen sometimes.”
“Go, grieving rimes of mine, to that hard stone Whereunder lies my darling, lies my dear, And cry to her to speak from heaven's sphere.”
“I'm going to be a happy housewife. I'm going to be washing boxers and cooking and doing all those sorts of housewife duties. I just want to be happy and proud of every single day.”
“Editors always amputate the brain first and preserve a good-looking corpse.”
“For many centuries, suicides were treated like criminals by the society. That is part of the terrible legacy that has come down into society's method of handling suicide recovery. Now we have to fight off the demons that have been hanging around suicide for centuries.”
“No one put a gun to your head and ordered you to become a writer. One writes out of his own choice and must be prepared to take the rough spots along the road with a certain equanimity, though allowed some grinding of the teeth.”

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