John Donne (1572–1631) English poet
No. 76, preached to the Earl of Carlisle, c. autumn 1622
LXXX Sermons (1640)
Source: As Sure as the Dawn
John Donne (1572–1631) English poet
No. 76, preached to the Earl of Carlisle, c. autumn 1622
LXXX Sermons (1640)
“We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America
Commencement address, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (11 June 1962) http://millercenter.org/scripps/archive/speeches/detail/3370 <br class="br">1962 <br class="br">Context: The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie — deliberate, contrived and dishonest — but the myth — persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to the cliches of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
“For the things that are seen are temporal, but things that are unseen are eternal.”
Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007) American writer
“Please excuse Jason from eternal damnation. He has had amnesia.”
Rick Riordan book The Lost Hero
Source: The Lost Hero
“Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion.”
Edward Abbey (1927–1989) American author and essayist
A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990)