"Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result."

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Source : Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.1681, Library of Alexandria

Robert Green Ingersoll

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“Feminists often discuss women having two jobs: work and children. True. But no one discusses those divorced and remarried men who have three jobs: work, and two sets of children to nurture and financially support.”
“For sure I would be a very emotional captain. A very hands-on captain.”
“I think the suffering, violence and cruelty and Guantanamo and the rest is going to go on and on in Iraq.”
“I think most Americans understand that radical Islam can't be compromised with or appeased. And the only way we can be safe is to form partnerships over there that will protect us over here.”
“The Buddha would not have liked people to call themselves Buddhist. To him that would have been a fundamental error because there are no fixed identities. He would have thought that someone calling himself a Buddhist has too much invested in calling himself a Buddhist.”
“The Holy Eucharist is a need of the heart of Christ, just as it is a need of our hearts." "Sanctify and dedicate yourselves in all things in the spirit of love which prompted Our Lord to institute the Holy Eucharist, wherein He perpetuates the gift of His love to the glory of the Father.”
“A man with a club [bat] is a law-maker, a man to be obeyed, but not necessarily conciliated.”
“Nostalgia is the bane of rock 'n' roll. He had the courage to let it all hang out. ... He was a considerable talent.”

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