"The world I believe is far too serious, and being far too serious ... it has need of a wise and merry philosophy."

-- Lin Yutang

#Wise Quotes #Philosophy Quotes #Believe Quotes

“What art thou Faustus, but a man condemned to die?”
“God is a racist! He has a special elite race of supermen who are going to live above all others in the Holy City, the magical, mystical, marvelous, mysterious Space City!”
“True friends define each other.”

Source : Michael Card (2009). “A Fragile Stone: The Emotional Life of Simon Peter”, p.177, InterVarsity Press
“Anytime something becomes widely condemned and taboo, it will be eroticized.”
“I am going to die of love....daroga....I am dying of love .... That's how it is... I loved her so! And I love her still...daroga.....and I am dying of love for her, I tell you! if you knew how beautiful she was when she let me kiss her...It was the first ...time, daroga, the first time I ever kissed a woman.. Yes, alive... I kissed her alive.... And she looked as beautiful as if she had been dead!”
“Who I am really keeps surprising me.”
“In Japanese houses the interior melts into the gardens of the outside world.”
“Everyone always wants to know how you can tell when it's true love, and the answer is this: when the pain doesn't fade and the scars don't heal, and it's too damned late.”

Source : "The Book of Joe". Book by Jonathan Tropper, 2005.

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