“Religion is great at instilling the fear of hell, but awful at giving a taste of heaven.”
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Famous Mokokoma Mokhonoana Quotes
Source: The Use and Misuse of Children
Source: The Use and Misuse of Children
“An expensive coffin does not decrease the deceased’s chances of going to hell.”
“Even those who want to go to heaven would rather kill than be killed.”
“Death would be an extremely bad thing like most of us paint it, if being dead were painful.”
“We the living are to blame for the painfulness of being dead.”
Source: Divided & Conquered
“It takes immaturity to be hurt by the fact that someone does not trust you.”
“Being deemed a fool, even if it is done by a fool, does not hurt, unless you are a fool.”
“We all have problems. Or rather, everyone has at least one thing that they regard as a problem.”
“Not all truths hurt. And not all that is hurtful is truthful.”
“In fiction: we find the predictable boring. In real life: we find the unpredictable terrifying.”
“Reality is what people who lack vision see.”
Source: The Confessions of a Misfit
“What is happening is both reality and reality in the making.”
“What is happening is life’s way of telling us what should be happening.”
“Prayer is usually a desperate attempt to wish something into or out of reality.”
“Destroying your mirrors hides your ugliness or facial blemishes from only you.”
“Daily consumption of caffeine makes sleeping long enough seem like a waste of time.”
“Meditation is the most fruitful form of rest during which we are awake.”
“Giving in to sleep is a great opportunity to practice letting go of life.”
“Being tired is pleasant when you think what has tired you was worth the portion of your life.”
“Some adults usually sleep like a baby, but only literally.”
“We get a taste of death, not when we’re asleep, but when we awake.”
“A night full of nightmares is way better than a sleepless one.”
“Seeing your loved one asleep is a great opportunity to practice seeing them dead.”
“Some people have compassion for even strangers, but not for their own bodies.”
“Feeling sorry for our bodies ought to be the closest we get to feeling sorry for ourselves.”
“Sleeping is the most common attempt to temporarily escape reality.”
“It is a waste of energy to open your eyes, or to keep them open, when it is completely dark.”
“A shadow does not need the object to which it belongs to move for it to move.”