"Human beings are compelled to adopt a belief system; some paradigm to provide meaning, purpose, and understanding to our lives. A quick survey of the world shows that pretty much any idea will do - it need not reflect reality or truth, merely function to fascinate, distract, and compel. We are designed for belief, not for truth."

-- Terry Rossio

#Reality Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Understanding Quotes

“The great object is that every man be armed.”
“We used to watch executions. I mentioned that in one of my stories. There was a piece of open ground near the area where we lived and we used to play soccer there. That was where they used to hold public executions for soldiers who deserted the army and members of the Kurdish resistance.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“I have very long legs and I hate driving anything unless it's a boat or an ATV in the jungle. I like to sit in the back of a car, where I can look out the window, answer my emails on my iPad, or hold hands with a pretty girl.”
“I saw that I'd get nowhere on the straight path, and that to go crookedly was straighter.”

Source : Nikolai Gogol (2011). “Dead Souls: A Novel”, p.378, Vintage
“He that is jealous is not in love.”
“Welcome to the human race. Nobody controls his own life, Ender.”
“The world is only one poor harvest away from chaos. We are so close to the edge that politically destabilising food prices could come at any time”
“And a noble life is one ordered by, and oriented to, a transcendent moral code, not just one's own concept of existence and meaning and truth. ...if we want a society that reveres life, that defends the family, and that discourages delinquency and promotes decency, we cannot force a privatization of religion; we must allow the truth-claims of religious faith to be uttered aloud in the public square.”

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