A quotation from Russell, Bertrand

People will tell us that without the consolations of religion they would be intolerably unhappy. So far as this is true, it is a coward’s argument. Nobody but a coward would consciously choose to live in a fool’s paradise. When a man suspects his wife of infidelity, he is not thought the better of for shutting his eyes to the evidence. And I cannot see why ignoring evidence should be contemptible in one case and admirable in the other.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
“Is There a God?” (1952)

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"Is There a God?" (1952) - Russell, Bertrand | WIST Quotations

People will tell us that without the consolations of religion they would be intolerably unhappy. So far as this is true, it is a coward's argument. Nobody but a coward would consciously choose to live in a fool's paradise. When a man suspects his...

A quotation from Chamfort

History is the only consolation left to the peoples, for it teaches them that their ancestors were as unhappy as themselves, or more unhappy.

[En effet, il ne reste guère, pour consoler les peuples, que de leur apprendre que leurs ancêtres ont été aussi malheureux, ou plus malheureux.]

Nicolas Chamfort (1741-1794) French writer, epigrammist (b. Nicolas-Sébastien Roch)
Products of Perfected Civilization [Produits de la Civilisation Perfectionée], Part 1 “Maxims and Thoughts [Maximes et Pensées],” ch. 8, ¶ 474 (1795) [tr. Mathers (1926)]

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Products of Perfected Civilization [Produits de la Civilisation Perfectionée], Part 1 "Maxims and Thoughts [Maximes et Pensées]," ch. 8, ¶ 474 (1795) [tr. Mathers (1926)] - Chamfort, Nicolas | WIST Quotations

History is the only consolation left to the peoples, for it teaches them that their ancestors were as unhappy as themselves, or more unhappy.   [En effet, il ne reste guère, pour consoler les peuples, que de leur apprendre que leurs ancêtres ont...

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Pier Paolo Pasolini Speaks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IA1bS1MRzw

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In case, like me, you may also need a reminder...

It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: “And this, too, shall pass away.” How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction!’
~ An Address by Abraham Lincoln Before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, September 30, 1859

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Le Bon Dieu soutient les pauvres, les malades et les malheureux qui l'en prient.

« Voyant les foules, Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ gravit la montagne, et quand il fut assis, ses disciples s'approchèrent de lui.
Et prenant la parole, il les enseignait en disant :
“ Heureux les pauvres qui sont spirituels, car le Royaume des Cieux est à eux.
Heureux les doux, car ils posséderont la Terre.
Heureux les affligés, car ils seront consolés.
Heureux les affamés et assoiffés de la justice, car ils seront rassasiés.
Heureux les miséricordieux, car ils obtiendront miséricorde.
Heureux les cœurs purs, car ils verront Dieu.
Heureux les artisans de paix, car ils seront appelés fils de Dieu.
Heureux les persécutés pour la justice, car le Royaume des Cieux est à eux.
Heureux êtes-vous quand on vous insultera, que l'on vous persécutera, et que l'on dira faussement contre vous toute sorte d'infamie à cause de moi. Soyez dans la joie et l'allégresse, car votre récompense sera grande dans les cieux : c'est bien ainsi que l'on a persécuté les prophètes, vos devanciers. ” »

Bible, Nouveau Testament, Évangile selon Saint Matthieu, 5, 1 à 12.

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April
Snow like flowers from heaven, between night and day
 it was hard to tell, blessing-ly,  these showers, made snow swept
islands! weeping Cherry,  blooming-ly
once a year, spans across the
window wide, a bouquet
in suspense!
10 ft high? earthly present-
ation!  like a gift from
sky, 
snow settles slumberingly over cosy petals,1000 thread 
counts

Shantha Hulme
#April

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