“The State exists simply to promote and to protect the ordinary happiness of human beings in this life. A husband and wife chatting over a fire, a couple of friends having a game of darts in a pub, a man reading a book in his own room or digging in his own garden-that is what the State is there for. And unless they are helping to increase and prolong and protect such moments, all the laws, parliaments, armies, courts, police, economics, etc., are simply a waste of time.” MenHumansBookStatesMomentsHelpingLawReadingGamesHuman BeingsRoomsFireWifeCoupleProtectHusbandWasteOrdinaryEconomicsGardenIncreaseArmyPoliceCourtThis LifeEtcWasting TimeParliamentDiggingHusband And WifePubsChattingDarts Book:Mere Christianity Source: Mere Christianity
“If someone mistakes your kindness for weakness, that's their fault - not yours. And it's OK to be a decent human being in this life.” IfsHumansHuman BeingsMistakeKindnessWeaknessFaultsThis LifeDecentOne MistakeKindness For Weakness Author:Jeremy Piven
“I love this life, because I am a human being and it sure would be nice, I think, to preserve it. But I don't even know if that's true, because God's mind is huge, and I don't really know what he's thinking.I can only do what I do with a spirit of humor, and faith and give the controls over to something else.” IfsThinkingKnowsGivingMindHumansI CanWould BeSpiritHuman BeingsNiceHugeThis LifePreservesBeing Nice Author:Elizabeth Lesser
“No human being can achieve all he or she desires in this life except in dreams, so good night all.” HumansDreamDesireNightHuman BeingsAchieveThis LifeGood Night Author:Jose Saramago
“To you, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism look very different, but to me they look the same. Many of you would say that something like Buddhism doesn't even belong on the list, since it doesn't link salvation to divine worship, but to me this is just a quibble. Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism all perceive human beings as flawed, wounded creatures in need of salvation, and all rely fundamentally on revelations that spell out how salvation is to be attained, either by departing from this life or rising above it.” NeedsHumansLooksDifferentHuman BeingsChristianityDivineBuddhismCreaturesWorshipSalvationIslamListsThis LifePerceiveRelyRisingRevelationsLinksSpellsHinduismWoundedJudaismFlawedRise AboveDeparting Author:Daniel Quinn