“To emphasize the afterlife is to deny life. To concentrate on heaven is to create hell.” HeavenHellDenyAfterlife Book:Skinny Legs and All Source: Skinny Legs and All
“The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of those who covet nothing. [Lat., Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit, A dis plura feret. Nil cupientium Nudus castra peto.]” MenHeavenDenyNakedContentmentCamps Author:Horace
“...to emphasize the afterlife is to deny life. To concentrate on Heaven is to create hell. In their desperate longing to transcend the disorderliness, friction, and unpredictability that pesters life; in their desire for a fresh start in a tidy habitat, germ-free and secured by angels, religious multitudes are gambling the only life they may ever have on a dark horse in a race that has no finish line.” LifeMayDesireHeavenReligiousLinesDarkRaceHellAngelHorseLongingDenyDesperateGamblingAfterlifeMultitudesGermsSecuredTidyFresh StartHabitatFrictionFinish LineUnpredictabilityDark Horse Book:Skinny Legs and All Source: Skinny Legs and All