"The reason we go to poetry is not for wisdom, but for the dismantling of wisdom"

-- Jacques Lacan

#Reason Quotes #Poetry Is Quotes

“Iâ€™m lucky that Iâ€™m afraid of losing something”
“The whole of religion has been one uniform curse to the human race.”

Source : Richard Carlile, Olinthus Gregory (1821). “Observations on "Letters to a Friend on the Evidences, Doctrines, and Duties of the Christian Religion by Olinthus Gregory" L.L.D. of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich: In a Letter to the Rev. William Wait”, p.54
“May we be strengthened with the understanding that being blessed does not mean that we shall always be spared all the disappointments and difficulties of life.”

Source : "Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Heber J. Grant" by Heber J. Grant, (Ch. 5), www.lds.org. 2011.
“When I was about twelve I used to think I must be a genius, but nobody's noticed. If there is such a thing as a genius, I am one, and if there isn't I don't care.”
“It is proportion that beautifies everything, the whole universe consists of it, and music is measured by it.”
“You can change your life, because you have an unlimited ability to think and talk about what you love, and so you have an unlimited ability to bring everything good in life to you.”
“If you are born into a family with little money but a lot of love, you will find yourself more content than one who is born with a silver spoon and an empty home.”

Source : Interview with Ocean Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. August 1, 2014.
“I believe anything that anyone tells me. I have found that that is the best way to go through life. When I was younger, I used to be more skeptical, but then I found out that most things were true. So I believe tabloids. I believe legends. I believe anything anyone tells me.”

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