Yann Martel quotes

When you've suffered a great deal in life, each additional pain is both unbearable and …When you've suffered a great deal in life, each additional pain is both unbearable and trifling.

Life Wisdom Pain Sadness

To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of …To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.

Philosophy Simile

The world isn't just the way it is. It is how we understand it, no? And in understanding something, …The world isn't just the way it is. It is how we understand it, no? And in understanding something, we bring something to it, no? Doesn't that make life a story?

Life World Understanding Thinking

If we, citizens, do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the altar of …If we, citizens, do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the altar of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams.

Reality Imagination Dreams

I challenge anyone to understand Islam, its spirit, and not to love it. It is a beautiful religion …I challenge anyone to understand Islam, its spirit, and not to love it. It is a beautiful religion of brotherhood and devotion.

Religion

All living things contain a measure of madness that moves them in strange, sometimes inexplicable …All living things contain a measure of madness that moves them in strange, sometimes inexplicable ways. This madness can be saving; it is part and parcel of the ability to adapt. Without it, no species would survive.

If there's only one nation in the sky, shouldn't all passports be valid for …If there's only one nation in the sky, shouldn't all passports be valid for it?

Religion Humanity

Life will defend itself no matter how small it …Life will defend itself no matter how small it is.

Life Short

If you stumble about believability, what are you living for? Love is hard to believe, ask any …If you stumble about believability, what are you living for? Love is hard to believe, ask any lover. Life is hard to believe, ask any scientist. God is hard to believe, ask any believer. What is your problem with hard to believe?

Belief

You might think I lost all hope at that point. I did. And as a result I perked up and felt much …You might think I lost all hope at that point. I did. And as a result I perked up and felt much better.

Freedom Hope



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