"A religion that comes of thought, and study, and deliberate conviction, sticks best. The revivalized convert who is scared in the direction of heaven because he sees hell yawn suddenly behind him, not only regains confidence when his scare is over, but is ashamed of himself for being scared, and often becomes more hopelessly and malignantly wicked than he was before."

-- Mark Twain

#Heaven Quotes #Religion Quotes #Scare Quotes

“We do not know what is being done in our name. Worse, we do not ask.”
“Hurry ruins saints as well as artists.”
“Since when was the stock market an accurate barometer of anything?”

Source : Arthur Hailey (2014). “The Moneychangers”, p.171, Open Road Media
“And some looked even more like each other than they did like themselves.”
“In the annals of history, few men have left a more positive imprint on the world than Pope John Paul II.”
“Having a normal knee would make life a lot easier.”
“You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.”
“I think didactic art is boring. I mean, I love it in terms of, like, some of the historical precedents that I've learned from. You needed that. We needed those building blocks in terms of - you know, when I look at a great Barbara Kruger, for example, and you're thinking about, you know, the woman's position in society - you know, she found a way of making it beautiful, but at the same time it's very sort of preachy, you know what I mean?”

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