“Superstition is related to this life, religion to the next; superstition is allied to fatality, religion to virtue; it is by the vivacity of earthly desires that we become superstitious; it is, on the contrary, by the sacrifice of these desires that we become religious.” DesireNextReligiousVirtueSacrificeContraryThis LifeRelatedSuperstitionsSuperstitiousFatalityVivacityEarthly Desires Author:Madame de Stael
“[Religion is a] primitive insurance against disaster. ... Originally religion was merely a function of the self-preservative instinct. Offer sacrifices to the gods and save your crops. And even Christianity, after all, insures heavily against the flaws in this life by belief in another.” SelfBeliefChristianitySacrificeOffersFunctionInstinctDisasterThis LifeFlawsPrimitiveCrops Book:Told by an Idiot Source: Told by an Idiot
“Don't make your wedding a pleasant memory in this life but a source of misery in the next. Make it an eternally good memory. In trying to have a halal wedding, you might sacrifice many relationships but the opposite might mean sacrificing the only relationship that will matter in the hereafter for a bunch of people who don't even really care about you. Don't make one night the cause of your regret for an eternity.” PeopleTryingMeanMatterMightCareNightNextCausesMemoriesSacrificeRegretSourceOppositesEternityMiseryBunchThis LifePleasantOne NightHereafterGood MemoriesOur WeddingHalalPleasant Memories Author:Omar Suleiman
“In this life we get only those things for which we hunt, for which we strive, and for which we are willing to sacrifice. It is better to aim for something that you want-even though you miss it-than to get something that you didn't aim to get, and which you don't want! If we look long enough for what we want in life we are almost sure to find it, no matter what that objective may be.” IfsWantLooksMayLongMatterEnoughSacrificeMissingWillingAimNo Matter WhatStriveObjectivesThis LifeHunts Author:George Matthew Adams