“To live forever should not be an obligation. In fact, eternal life should only be for those who wish for it, because if we are depressed and unhappy with our lives, just the idea of living forever is an unbearable source of suffering.” IfsShouldIdeasFactsSufferingWishForeverOur LivesSourceEternalUnhappyObligationUnbearableEternal LifeLive Forever Author:Claude Vorilhon
“I've got many, many demons that affect me on many, many levels. A few years ago, I was convinced of that - I thought I truly was possessed by the devil. I remember sitting through the Exorcist a dozen times, saying to myself, 'Yeah, I can relate to that. I really wish I knew why I've done some of the things I've done over the years. I don't know if I'm a medium for some outside source. Whatever it is, frankly, I hope it's not what I think it is - Satan.”” IfsThinkingKnowsYearsI CanDoneRememberWishLevelsSourceDevilSittingYears AgoYeahConvincedMediumsRelateSatanDemonDozenPossessedExorcist Author:Ozzy Osbourne
“Wooden-headedness, the source of self-deception, is a factor that plays a remarkably large role in government. It consists in assessing a situation in terms of preconceived fixed notions while ignoring or rejecting any contrary signs. It is acting according to wish while not allowing oneself to be deflected by the facts.” ThinkingSelfPlayFactsGovernmentWishTermActingSituationRolesSourceNotionOneselfContraryFactorsDeceptionFixedAllowingSelf DeceptionWishful ThinkingRejectingAssessing Book:The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam Source: The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
“If you wish to find Love, don't look for the object of love but rather for the source of love. There you will find the Beloved.” IfsLooksWishObjectsSourceBelovedFinding Love Author:Mooji
“The book, called the Bible, is filled with passages equally horrible, unjust and atrocious. This is the book to be read in schools in order to make our children loving, kind and gentle! This is the book they wish to be recognized in our Constitution as the source of all authority and justice!” KindChildrenBookSchoolOrderWishJusticeAtheismSourceAuthorityConstitutionOur ChildrenFilledPositive AtheismHorribleGentlePassagesUnjust Author:Robert Green Ingersoll
“... in nine out of ten cases the original wish to write is the wish to make oneself felt[ellipsis in source] the non-essential writer never gets past that wish.” WritingPastWishFeltCasesSourceTenEssentialsOriginalsOneselfNine Author:Elizabeth Bowen