"The essence of any religion lies solely in the answer to the question: why do I exist, and what is my relationship to the infinite universe that surrounds me? It is impossible for there to be a person with no religion (i.e. without any kind of relationship to the world) as it is for there to be a person without a heart. He may not know that he has a religion, just as a person may not know that he has a heart, but it is no more possible for a person to exist without a religion than without a heart."

-- Leo Tolstoy

#Lying Quotes #Heart Quotes #Essence Quotes

“Tell people the truth, they laugh. The truth is so tragic they have to pretend it's a joke.”
“It is my opinion that the 21st century will be the century of play, and the heteroglossic activity of artists in the 20th century has been the forecast.”
“If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow.”

Source : William McFee (1916). “Casuals of the Sea: The Voyage of a Soul”
“I like being organized and super particular.”
“If any race of people should not have guilt about slavery, it's Caucasians.”

Source : "‘White guilt’? Forget it: Whites have ‘done more to end’ slavery than ‘any other race,’ says Rush Limbaugh" by Clare Kim, www.msnbc.com. July 22, 2013.
“People think of science as rolling back the mystery of God. I look at science as slowly creeping toward the mystery of God.”

Source : "A Soulful Surgeon". Beliefnet Interview, www.beliefnet.com.
“Part of resilience is deciding to make yourself miserable over something that matters, or deciding to make yourself miserable over something that doesn't matter.”
“The higher education system in these countries (US, Korea etc) has become like a theatre in which some people decided to stand to get a better view, promoting the others behind them to stand. Once enough people stand, everyone has to stand, which means no one is getting a better view, while everyone has become more uncomfortable.”

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