"In Istanbul I met a man who said he knew beyond a doubt that God was a cat. I asked why he was so sure, and the man said, "When I pray to him, he ignores me.""

-- Lowell Thomas

#Cat Quotes #Men Quotes #Istanbul Quotes

“Inside you thereâ€™s an artist you donâ€™t know aboutâ€¦ say yes quickly, if you know, if youâ€™ve known it from before the beginning of the universe.”
“I had two thoughts about it. One was I could do that, and the next one was I'll never get to do that.”
“I believe a No. 1 song starts happening when it's believable and validating.”
“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.”
“The principle of happiness should be like the principle of virtue: it should not be dependent of things, but be a part of personality [and character].”
“We no longer dare to believe in beauty and we make of it a mere appearance in order the more easily to dispose of it. Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and she will not allow herself to be separated and banned from her two sisters without taking them along with herself in an act of mysterious vengeance. We can be sure that whoever sneers at her name as if she were the ornament of a bourgeois past -- whether he admits it or not -- can no longer pray and soon will no longer be able to love.”

Source : Hans Urs von Balthasar (1982). “Glory of the Lord VOL 1: Seeing The Form”, p.18, A&C Black
“My wife would probably say I'm the messiest person in the history of husbands.”
“There are two ways of reaching the people. One way is to invite them to come to you, the other way is to go to them.”

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