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# Munchies for the Mind II

[http://bhakticollective.com/2008/09/01/munchies-for-the-mind-ii/](http://bhakticollective.com/2008/09/01/munchies-for-the-mind-ii/)

**So They Say:**

**Prayer**

I throw myself down in my chamber, and I call in, and invite God, and his Angels thither, and when they are there, I neglect God and his Angels, for the noise of a fly, for the rattling of a coach, for the whining of a door.

[John Donne](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_donne)

(1572-1631)

**Love
**

To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god.

[Jorge Luis Borges](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Luis_Borges)

(1899-1986)

ROMEO
What shall I swear by?
JULIET
Do not swear at all;
Or, if thou wilt, swear by thy gracious self,
Which is the god of my idolatry,
And I’ll believe thee.

[William Shakespeare](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare)

(1564-1616)

**Austerity
**

The greater the pain, the greater the gain. (pleeon kopos, polu kentos)

[Ignatius of Antioch](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignatius_of_Antioch)

(35-110)

*(This article has been previously published on **[Ravindra Svarupa Dasa's](http://bhakticollective.com/contributing-writers/ravindra-svarupa-dasa/)** weblog *

**[So It Happens](http://soithappens.com/),[http://soithappens.com/](http://soithappens.com/)**

*and has been used here with his kind permission.)*