• The guarantee that our self enjoys an intended relation to the outer world is most, if not all, we ask from religion. God is the self projected onto reality by our natural and necessary optimism. He is the not-me personified.

  John Updike
  American writer and criticus 1932-2009
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. personified
2. projected
3. necessary
4. religion
5. optimism
6. natural

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The guarantee that our self enjoys an intended relation to the outer world is most, if not all, we ask from religion. God is the self projected onto reality by our natural and necessary optimism. He is the not-me personified. by : John Updike

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