The Messiah will come only when he is no longer necessary; he will come only on the day after his arrival; he will come, not on the last day, but on the very last day.
~ Franz Kafka
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Author Archives: Jasper John MacKay
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Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made. That is not the sort of belief that indicates real faith.
~ Franz Kafka
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There can be knowledge of the diabolical, but no belief in it, for more of the diabolical than there is does not exist.
~ Franz Kafka
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A picture speaks 1000 words
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Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless: peacocks and lilies, for instance.
~ John Ruskin
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People are never so completely and enthusiastically evil as when they act out of religious conviction.
~ Umberto Eco
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An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it is also more nourishing.
~ H. L. Mencken
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The world is full of vulgar Purists, who bring discredit on all selection by the silliness of their choice; and this the more, because the very becoming a Purist is commonly indicative of some slight degree of weakness, readiness to be offended, or narrowness of understanding of the ends of things.
~ John Ruskin
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Fear prophets, Adso, and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them.
~ Umberto Eco
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