"He realized at last that the arguments of pessimism were powerless to comfort him"

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Source : Joris-Karl Huysmans (2015). “Against the Grain: (À rebours)”, p.170, BoD – Books on Demand

Joris-Karl Huysmans

#Comfort Quotes #Lasts Quotes #Argument Quotes

“It's self-centered to think that human beings, as limited as we are, can describe divinity.”
“... if a man prays God for some virtue, and at the same time gives himself up to negligence, acquiring no definite means to gain this virtue, and making no effort towards it, truly this man tempts God, rather than prays. Thus the divine James says: 'The effectual prayer of a righteous man avails much' (Jms. 5:16). What avails to make prayer effective? is when, besides begging a saint to pray for him about something, the man also prays about it himself and with all diligence does everything necessary for obtaining his request.”
“I view every game I play for England as it could be my last, so I go out there and enjoy it. It's the only way I can approach it.”
“Cursed be he above all others Who's enslaved by love of money. Money takes the place of brothers, Money takes the place of parents, Money brings us war and slaughter.”
“I'm an athlete. I'm strong. I'm tough. And that's how women should be. That's how they should be built.”
“If you can't beat them. Join them”
“I am keenly aware that I benefit from a wonderful tradition in the UK of designing and making.”
“History resists an ending as surely as nature abhors a vacuum; the narrative of our days is a run-on sentence, every full stop a comma in embryo. But more: like thought, like water, history is fluid, unpredictable, dangerous. It leaps and surges and doubles back, cuts unpredictable channels, surfaces suddenly in places no one would expect.”

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