Quotes
Authors
Andre Comte-Sponville

"To a child who dies, and to the parents of this child, will you speak, if religion consoles them, in praise of atheism? That one does not mistake: that, to my mind, does not prove anything against atheism and much against religion. "The heart of a heartless world, said Marx, the soul of soulless conditions." It is misery that makes religion, and it is why this one is miserable. Who would prohibit opium to a dying man? And what are we, out of oblivion or entertainment, anything else but dying?"

-- Andre Comte-Sponville

#Children Quotes #Mistake Quotes #Heart Quotes

“In childhood we all have ... a far higher sensibility for April and April evenings - a heartache for them, which in riper years is gradually and irretrievably consoled.”
“She had to have faith not just in trying but in failing. Was she strong enough to fail Was she strong enough not to”
“But a lot of shows, they pose questions and they give you a puzzle where there's no solution.”

Source : "Q&A: Aaron Stanford's Travelin' Man". Interview with Tim Surette, www.tv.com. May 09, 2007.
“I know it is something of a cliche to say that love makes all things possible, but I believe it does. It is not a magic wand that can be waved over life to make it all sweet and lovely and trouble free, but it can give the energy to fight the odds and win.”
“You can't make a life without making mistakes. Relax and learn something”
“In one horrible moment the last piece of the prophecy became clear. So bid him take care, bid him look where he leaps, As life may be death and death life again reaps. He had to leap, and by his death, the others would live. That was it. That was what Sandwich had been trying to say all along, and by now he believed in Sandwich. He put on a final burst of speed, just like the coach taught him in track. He gave everything he had. In the last few steps before the canyon he felt a sharp pain in the back of his leg, and then the ground gave way under his feet. Gregor the Overlander leaped.”
“Being able to articulate the gospel with accuracy is one thing; having its truth captivate your soul is quite another.”

Source : J. D. Greear (2011). “Gospel”, p.10, B&H Publishing Group
“I'd come out to Los Angeles for a vacation to see a friend and just fell in love with it.”

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