Alpes De Haute Quotes & Sayings

they argue that belief in a transcendent being conveys a genetic advantage: that couples who follow one of the three religions of the Book and maintain patriarchal values have more children than atheists or agnostics. You see less education among women, less hedonism and individualism. And to a large degree, this belief in transcendence can be passed on genetically. Conversions, or cases where people grow up to reject family values, are statistically insignificant. In the vast majority of cases, people stick with whatever metaphysical system they grow up in. That's why atheist humanism - the basis of any 'pluralist society' - is doomed. — Michel Houellebecq

Yes I now feel that it was then on that evening of sweet dreams- that the very first dawn of human love burst upon the icy night of my spirit. Since that period I have never seen nor heard your name without a shiver half of delight half of anxiety. — Edgar Allan Poe

No son wishes to see his son less powerful than himself. — Hilary Mantel

He didn't look like an old hippie. Of course, you never could tell. His own elder brother had once spent a couple of years living in a Druidic commune, eating LSD doughnuts, and thinking he was a tree, since when he had gone on to become a director of a merchant bank. — Douglas Adams

My wife and I replaced our nest with one on wheels. The RV became our new home. It's remarkable how homey it became and how quickly. It's obviously very condensed, and we do travel light, but when you think about what you really need, we have the basics - a bed, a bathroom, a kitchen, and a table to sit at to eat and write. — David James

Because the way of life has never been complete, and for a journey of life shall be a life with a mark behind — Samuel Lebea

Once you have given up the ghost, everything follows with dead certainty, even in the midst of chaos. — Henry Miller

We have to believe in a more beautiful world in order to serve it. — Charles Eisenstein

No, the thing is, we all love storytelling, and as a writer you get to tell stories all the time. — Joyce Carol Oates