"In theology, the state of a luckless mortal prenatally damned. The doctrine of reprobation was taught by Calvin, whose joy in it was somewhat marred by the sad sincerity of his conviction that although some are foredoomed to perdition, others are predestined to salvation."

-- Ambrose Bierce

#Joy Quotes #Atheism Quotes #Doctrine Quotes

“I'd rather be loud and misunderstood than quiet and bored”
“Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind.Because your lover threw wild hands toward the skyAnd the affrighted steed ran on alone,Do not weep.War is kind.”
“I chose to stay with tennis and they didn't understand that at the school.”
“My advice to the reader approaching a poem is to make the mind still and blank. Let the poem speak. This charged quiet mimics the blank space ringing the printed poem, the nothing out of which something takes shape.”
“I was into the music, but the idea of showing up places on time or having to tell people when you're not going to be somewhere - that just didn't even cross my mind.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Perhaps you can feel if you canâ€™t hear,â€ was her fancy. â€œPerhaps kind thoughts reach people somehow, even through windows and doors and walls. Perhaps you feel a little warm and comforted, and donâ€™t know why, when I am standing here in the cold and hoping you will get well and happy again.”
“If you think that you are less than them, can you blame them for thinking they are better?”

Source : Iain Lawrence (2002). “Ghost Boy”, p.331, Laurel Leaf
“Fear comes knocking with a thought. Faith answers with a word ... God's Word.”

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