"... on the whole 'blasphemy' has been a force for good in human history. It is part of the process by which millions of people have come to reject theocracy and think for themselves."

-- Katha Pollitt

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Process Quotes

“I was a stepchild in two different families. The hardest thing about being a stepchild is you know that in some way everything would be easier if you didnt exist.”
“although science could pinpoint the exact spot in the brain that ignites rage, they had yet to identify the location that produces love.”

Source : Erich Segal (2013). “Doctors”, p.218, Hachette UK
“Having God as an identity marker is nothing but a label, a language, and a lifestyle. I'm a Christian. I talk like one. I act like one. But having God as an identity changer is so much more. It's lavish abandon to who God is and who He's made me to be. Holding nothing back!”
“Life is not a struggle, not a tension. Life has not to be suffering. Life is bliss”
“Grief is neither a disorder nor a healing process; it is a sign of health itself, a whole and natural gesture of love. Nor must we see grief as a step toward something better. No matter how much it hurts-and it may be the greatest pain in life-grief can be an end in itself, a pure expression of love.”
“Thanks, for a country where nobody is allowed to mind his own business. Thanks, for a nation of finks.”
“Success is on the other side of your comfort zone.”

Source : Twitter post from Oct 25, 2016
“Oh fine. I'll play nice with the pretty people.”

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