“He was very religious; he believed that he had a secret pact with God ...” — Jorge Luis Borges Quote

“He was very religious; he believed that he had a secret pact with God which exempted him from doing good in exchange for prayers and piety.”

“There is a concept that is the corrupter and destroyer of all others. I speak not of Evil, whose limited empire is that of ethics; I speak of the infinite.”

“Art always opts for the individual, the concrete; art is not Platonic.”

“In general, every country has the language it deserves.”

“This web of time – the strands of which approach one another, bifurcate, intersect or ignore each other through the centuries – embraces every possibility. We do not exist in most of them. In some you exist and not I, while in others I do, and you do not.”

“Emma dropped the paper. Her first impression was of a weak feeling in her stomach and in her knees; then of blind guilt, of unreality, of coldness, of fear; then she wished that it were already the next day. Immediately afterwards she realized that that wish was futile because the death of her father was the only thing that had happened in the world, and it would go on happening endlessly.”

“Belief, he says. Belief shifts. People start out believing in the god and end up believing in the structure.”

“Surfing is my religion, if I have one.”

“In the early 1800s, religion was often used as a way to keep slavery in place. Slaves were forced to attend the church of their owners, listen to selective dogma that kept them obedient and subservient.”

“I always like a dog so long as he isn't spelled backward.”

“Freedom of religion is not enough; we need the extinction of it, because no one has turned to be a religious by their own choice.”

“Oh, Adam’s sons, how cleverly you defend yourselves against all that might do you good!”