Terry Pratchett on why Belief and Faith beyond the confines of religion and science are important.

From Terry Pratchett's The Hogfather.
Belief is very important to people. The things we believe shape the world around us.
"We need to believe in the little things before we can be prepared to believe in the abstract world around us."
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Science isn't always right, Neither are religions.
Hope and Faith don't belong to either but are part of what it means to be human. We humans need our fantasies even if when we become older we simultaneously believe both.
I think this is very deep and If you are too small to see that, please keep your hate and ridicule off my channel.
Thanks for all of the love from the Pratchettarians. I miss Terry. He was always saying something deep or weird which would always make me think. His commentary on modern society that runs rampant throughout his books helped make me the man I am today. Thanks, Sir Terry.

[hannibustoogfyrre]

Something about characters in a fantasy world who believe in the value of fantasies is... beautiful.

[blueskybelyr]

Basically one of my favourite quotes: "Too much sanity may be madness — and maddest of all: to see life as it is, and not as it should be."

[duncanedwards]

Never has the human condition been expressed so perfectly. "To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape".

[hfar_in_the_sky]

It's an interesting concept. The idea that things like justice, mercy, and duty are fantasies, since they're not tangible. But at the same time they're real because we as humans will them into existence

[rustkarl]

I found that little moment funny and heartwarming.

When the Hogfather gives Death the beard. Funny in that he doesn’t need it and Death apologises for it.
But also… the Hogfather gives gifts. He gave Death the beard, a little reminder of when Death was the Hogfather, and could do things he normally couldn’t.

Death liked being able to give gifts and be someone else for a time.

[katg]

I think Pratchett used DEATH as a voice of humanity because he knew it'd be the only one we'd really listen to

[paulgrove]

'To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape.' Dammit Terry. That line gets me every time. First time I read the book (The day after Christmas) - I actually had to put the book down and think about it for a while.

[karistasogare]

I met Terry, oh so many years ago, at a small SF convention.
for a lark, he signed up for the masquerade, labeling his costume/act "A Traveling Author"
At curtain time, he was not there, having been delayed.
so when it was his turn, the stage was empty, and one judge asked "where is # XX the traveling author?
to which there was a shouted reply
"he is off traveling"
which now years later he still is, but spiritually as opposed to physically.

[LordNifty]

"You need to believe in things that aren't true... how else can they become?" Always gets me.

[coryhooper]

i like how it initially sounds so cynical and rationalistic "justice, mercy, none of that really exists" but then ends it so nicely and encouragingly "but if you dont believe those lies, how can they become real?"

[kevinhead]

Goosebumps at the realisation how true this is. Pratchett was a genius.

[cindydott]

"To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape" That is one of the most wonderful sentences ever written.

[chuckoneill]

I am grateful to have met Terry, and even more grateful for his books.
Mr. Pratchett, you are missed.

[drysocks]

Only Pratchett could make Death a profound source of humanist ideas and beautifully philosophical.
His passing, like all great men and women, was a great loss for humanity.
Arrivederci, Terry.

[agpmjm]

That tiny nod between Death and the Hogfather is flawless, and Death`s subsequent explanation brings me to tears every time. Utterly, utterly beautiful

[Simply_Grim]

I have watched and rewatched this several times. It sticks with ya because it's not the normal nihilistic response most settings throw at you about the bigger picture.

It reminds us why humanity has power that we sometimes forget we possess by just believing something true.

[SpencerJ]

Pratchett was on another level. I just started my Discworld journey and I instantly fell in love. So happy I get to read all these books for the first time.

[Rkenton]

No truer words ever spoken. "How else could they become?"

[hansmntfr]

What is crazy good about this monologue is the sun theme, at first you believe that he is just teasing his grandkid but when you rewatch it you really get the point he was making

[norimaki]

"A man is not dead while his name is still spoken."
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