"The aesthetic serviceability of objects of beauty is not greatly nor universally heightened by possession."

-- Thorstein Veblen

#Possession Quotes #Aesthetic Quotes

“Humanity's moral conscience progresses, slowly yet surely.”
“To love is the great amulet that makes this world a garden.”
“I would like to raise my glass to friendship between Russia and the United States.”
“When I come off the bench, I'm looking to add energy, and then I play defense and rebound. Also, at the end of the game, I have the experience to go out there and help us win.”
“Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.”
“People dress up for funerals. Why not dress up to celebrate that youâ€™re alive?”
“Religious discord has lost her sting; the cumbrous weapons of theological warfare are antiquated: the field of politics supplies the alchymists of our times with materials of more fatal explosion, and the butchers of mankind no longer travel to another world for instruments of cruelty and destruction.”
“Jesus Christ didnt commit the gospel to an advertising agency; He commissioned disciples. And He didnt command them to put up signs and pass out tracts; He said that they would be His witnesses.”

Source : joseph bayly (1974). “the gospel blimp”

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