"How exquisitely human was the wish for permanent happiness, and how thin human imagination became trying to achieve it."

-- Toni Morrison

#Imagination Quotes #Trying Quotes #Wish Quotes

“Verily, the word of Allah teaches us, and we implicitly believe it, that for a Muslim to kill a Jew, or for him to be killed by a Jew, ensures him immediate entry into Heaven and into the august presence of Allah.”
“If we would have good ministers, we must remember our Lordâ€™s example, and pray for them. Their work is heavy. Their responsibility is enormous. Their strength is small. Let us see that we support them, and hold up their hands by our prayers.”
“There is cruelty in divorce. There is cruelty in forced or unfortunate marriage. We will continue to cry at weddings because we know how bittersweet, how fragile is the truth. We will always need legal divorce just as an emergency escape hatch is crucial in every submarine. No sense, however, in denying that after every divorce someone will be running like a cat, tin cans tied to its tail: spooked and slowed down.”
“We do not expect significant spillovers from the subprime market to the rest of the economy or to the financial system.”
“I feel like Iâ€™m eighty years old. Iâ€™m tired of life and my mind wants to die.”
“Since strict obedience is demanded and harshly enforced, only the least talented, least articulate, least nuanced thinkers, least likely to take a stand against abuse, and the least courageous people thrive in the Church today.”

Source : "Gay Mormons are not the problem. Small-minded religious paradigms are" by Kate Kelly, www.theguardian.com. February 6, 2015.
“No guarantees come with children's liberation. But neither the promise of great benefits to all nor the prediction of great difficulties ahead can serve as the reason for granting or denying rights to children. Rights will be granted because without them children are incapacitated, oppressed, and abused.”
“Disorder. But completeness...”

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