"... the loss of belief in future states is politically, though certainly not spiritually, the most significant distinction betweenour present period and the centuries before. And this loss is definite. For no matter how religious our world may turn again, or how much authentic faith still exists in it, or how deeply our moral values may be rooted in our religious systems, the fear of hell is no longer among the motives which would prevent or stimulate the actions of a majority."

-- Hannah Arendt

#Religious Quotes #Loss Quotes #Religion Quotes

“[John Foster Dulles] invented Brinkmanship, the most popular game since Monopoly.”
“Being a good writer doesn’t make you a good reporter, it takes hustle.”

Source : "David Carr, New York Times columnist, dies suddenly after collapsing in office" by Ben Doherty, www.theguardian.com. February 13, 2015.
“We need images and myths through which we can see who we are and what we might become.”
“I know when something is done and when it isn't. There's been times working on movies when they [moviemakers] lock in a release date and so you're stuck to that schedule. But sometimes you're still editing and you feel like you're not really done, but they're sort of releasing the movie anyway - that's kind of depressing.”
“Yes, I'd love to have a garden of my own--spacious, and full of everything that is fragrant and flowering. But if I don't succeed, never mind--I've still got the dream.”

Source : Ruskin Bond, Ruskin (2008). “Ruskin Bond's Book of Nature”, p.34, Penguin Books India
“Om is the bow, the arrow is soul,”
“One evening I sat Beauty on my knees â€“ And I found her bitter â€“ And I reviled her.”
“I am more modest now, but I still think that one of the pleasantest of all emotions is to know that I, I with my brain and my hands, have nourished my beloved few, that I have concocted a stew or a story, a rarity or a plain dish, to sustain them truly against the hungers of the world.”

Source : M. F. K. Fisher, Joan Reardon (2004). “The Art of Eating”, p.402, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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