"If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself."

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Saint Augustine

#God Quotes #Faith Quotes #Believe Quotes

“Court a mistress, she denies you; let her alone, she will court you.”
“We say we want to create beauty, identity, quality, singularity. And yet, maybe in truth these cities that we have are desired. Maybe their very characterlessness provides the best context for living.”
“For most gulls it was not flying that matters, but eating. For this gull, though, it was not eating that mattered, but flight.”
“Literature, taken in all its bearings, forms the grand line of demarcation between the human and the animal kingdoms.”
“The more you talk to cats ... the smarter they become. An occasional 'nice kitty' will have no measurable effect; intelligent conversation is required.”

Source : Lilian Jackson Braun (1988). “The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare”, p.12, Penguin
“There is nothing more artistic than loving people.”
“One must exploit the asynchronies that have befallen one, link them to a promising issue or domain, reframe frustrations as opportunities, and, above all, persevere.”
“History is a romance that is believed; romance, a history that is not believed.”

Source : Horace Walpole (1798). “The Works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford ...”, p.368

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