"Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, else it is none."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

#Love Quotes #Beauty Quotes #Truth Quotes

“Most of the things one worries about never happen.”
“Examples would indeed be excellent things were not people so modest that none will set, and so vain that none will follow them.”
“For us who are now in power, we need to be challenged to serve the people and ignore our own egos and personal interests so that we can really demonstrate to other African states that it is possible to share power without going to war.”
“The rock star is dying. And it's a small tragedy. Rock stars have blogs now. I have no use for that kind of rock star.”
“Democracy is hypocrisy without limitation.”
“GUNPOWDER, n. An agency employed by civilized nations for the settlement of disputes which might become troublesome if left unadjusted. By most writers the invention of gunpowder is ascribed to the Chinese, but not upon very convincing evidence. Milton says it was invented by the devil to dispel angels with, and this opinion seems to derive some support from the scarcity of angels.”
“That night we made love "the real way" which we had not yet attempted although married six months. Big mystery. No one knew where to put their leg and to this day I'm not sure we got it right. He seemed happy. You're like Venice he said beautifully. Early next day I wrote a short talk ("On Defloration") which he stole and had published in a small quarterly magazine. Overall this was a characteristic interaction between us. Or should I say ideal. Neither of us had ever seen Venice.”
“The skeptic has no illusions about life, nor a vain belief in the promise of immortality. Since this life here and now is all we can know, our most reasonable option is to live it fully.”

Source : Paul Kurtz (1986). “The Transcendental Temptation: A Critique of Religion and the Paranormal”

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