There is nothing in Christianity or Buddhism that quite matches the sympathetic unselfishness of an oyster

Quote by H H Munro

Topics: Buddhism Quotes, Christianity Quotes

The fashion just now is a Roman Catholic frame of mind with an Agnostic conscience;...

The fashion just now is a Roman Catholic frame of mind with an Agnostic conscience;...

Beauty is only sin deep

Beauty is only sin deep

I always say beauty is only sin deep.

I always say beauty is only sin deep.

I think she must have been very strictly brought up, she's so desperately anxious to...

I think she must have been very strictly brought up, she's so desperately anxious to...

Women and elephants never forget an injury.

Women and elephants never forget an injury.

The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what...

The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what...

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.

He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.

He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.

Death - the last sleep? No, it is the final awakening.

Death - the last sleep? No, it is the final awakening.

Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance is the death of knowledge.

Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance is the death of knowledge.

To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise: for...

To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise: for...

Only in death will we have our own names since only in death are we...

Only in death will we have our own names since only in death are we...

In my time of dyin', want nobody to moan All I want them to do...

In my time of dyin', want nobody to moan All I want them to do...

All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but...

All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but...

A hero is someone who rebels or seems to rebel against the facts of existence...

A hero is someone who rebels or seems to rebel against the facts of existence...

Webster was much possessed by death / And saw the skull beneath the skin.

Webster was much possessed by death / And saw the skull beneath the skin.

Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are...

Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are...

For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off...

For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off...

I cannot stop thinking that I died before I was born and that at my...

I cannot stop thinking that I died before I was born and that at my...

Every day 200 million couples make love, 400,000 babies are born, and 140,000 people die.

Every day 200 million couples make love, 400,000 babies are born, and 140,000 people die.