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“Beauty is only the start of bearable terror.”

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German poet known for his profound poetry and epistolary works. Rainer Maria Rilke's poetry style is unique, often exploring themes such as loneliness, love, and religious faith. more

“The gospel of Jesus Christ has the divine power to lift you to great heights from what appears at times to be an unbearable burden or weakness. The Lord knows your circumstances and your challenges. He said to Paul and to all of us, 'My grace is sufficient for thee.' And like Paul we can answer: 'My strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me'(2 Corinthinans 12:9)".”

“The danger is that in reaction to abuses and distortions of an idea, we'll reject it completely. And in the process miss out on the good of it, the worth of it, the truth of it.”

Ideas Process Atheism Missing Danger Abuse Atheist Reactions Rejects Distortion

Book:Sex God

Source: Sex God

“All over the world major museums have bowed to the influence of Disney and become theme parks in their own right. The past, whether Renaissance Italy or Ancient Egypt, is re-assimilated and homogenized into its most digestible form. Desperate for the new, but disappointed with anything but the familiar, we recolonize past and future. The same trend can be seen in personal relationships, in the way people are expected to package themselves, their emotions and sexuality, in attractive and instantly appealing forms.”

“In the post-Warhol era a single gesture such as uncrossing one's legs will have more significance than all the pages in War and Peace.”

War Pages Legs Eras Posts Significance Gestures Warhol

Author:J. G. Ballard

“A kind of banalization of celebrity has occurred: we are now offered an instant, ready-to-mix fame as nutritious as packet soup.”

Kind Ready Fame Instant Soup

Book:The Atrocity Exhibition

Source: The Atrocity Exhibition

“The endless newsreel clips of nuclear explosions that we saw on TV in the 1960s (were) a powerful incitement to the psychotic imagination, sanctioning *everything*.”

Imagination Powerful Saws Tvs Nuclear Endless 1960s Explosions Psychotic Clip Incitement

Author:J. G. Ballard

“The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of time... and you can't see it if you refuse to face the possibility.”

Ifs Way Reality Faces Possibility Happenings Refuse Best Way Foresight Ahead Of Time

Author:William S. Burroughs

“The greatest enemy of hunger for God is not poison but apple pie. It is not the banquet of the wicked that dulls our appetite for heaven, but endless nibbling at the table of the world. It is not the X-rated video, but the prime-time dribble of triviality we drink in every night.”

Source: A Hunger for God

“The earth is speaking to us, but we can't hear because of all the racket our senses are making. Sometimes we need to erase them, erase our senses. Then - maybe - the earth will touch us. The universe will speak. The stars will whisper.”

Life Needs Sometimes Earth Universe Speak Stars Senses Erase Racket Stargirl

Book:The Stargirl Collection

Source: The Stargirl Collection

“Agape doesn't love somebody because they're worthy. Agape makes them worthy by the strength and power of its love. Agape doesn't love somebody because they're beautiful. Agape loves in such a way that it makes them beautiful.”

Way Beautiful Worthy Agape Agape Love

Book:Sex God

Source: Sex God

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