10 quotes found
Poet and writer · American · 1926–2020
American poet and writer (1926–2020)
“HEAVEN: The big apartheid in the sky.”
“This is the only real revelation that God is only a trick with mirrors, our dark reflection in a glass.”
“This is the only real revelation — that God is only a trick with mirrors, our dark reflection in a glass.”
“God must have a weird sense of values, and if theres a Judgment Day, as some folks think, Hes going to have a lot to answer for.”
“God must have a weird sense of values, and if there’s a Judgment Day, as some folks think, He’s going to have a lot to answer for.”
“Whatever we are, whatever we make of ourselves, is all we will ever have and that, in its profound simplicity, is the meaning of life.”
“O Karma, Dharma, pudding and pieO Karma, Dharma, pudding and pie,gimme a break before I die:grant me wisdom, will, & wit,purity, probity, pluck, & grit.Trustworthy, loyal, helpful, kind,gimme great...”
“GERTRUDEGertrude Appleman, 1901-1976God is all-knowing, all-present, and almighty. --A Catechism of Christian DoctrineI wish that all the peoplewho peddle Godcould watch my mother die:could see the...”
“Last-Minute Message For a Time CapsuleI have to tell you this, whoever you are:that on one summer morning here, the oceanpounded in on tumbledown breakers,a south wind, bustling along the shore,whi...”
“Whatever we are, whatever we make of ourselves, is all we will ever have – and that, in its profound simplicity, is the meaning of life.”