Philip Appleman

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Biography

Philip D. Appleman was an American poet and writer.

"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."

Philip Appleman

"HEAVEN: The big apartheid in the sky."

Philip Appleman

"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 abs & a steel-trap mind,and forgive, Ye Gods, some humble advice—these little blessings would sufficeto beget an earthly paradise:make the bad people good—and the good people nice;and before our world goes over the brink,teach the believers how to think."

Philip Appleman

"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."

Philip Appleman

"This is the only real revelation — that God is only a trick with mirrors, our dark reflection in a glass."

Philip Appleman