The state of man’s mind, or the elementary phase of mind which he so far possesses, conforms precisely to the state of the world as he so far views it.
GEORG WILHELM FRIEDRICH HEGELA childlike mind in its simplicity practises that science of good to which the wise may be blind.
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If we go back to the beginnings of things, we shall always find that ignorance and fear created the gods; that imagination, rapture and deception embellished them; that weakness worships them; that custom spares them; and that tyranny favors them in order to profit from the blindness of men.
BARON D'HOLBACH -
The need to understand everything can lead us far astray.
LISA ROSE -
My mom said the only reason men are alive is for lawn care and vehicle maintenance.
TIM ALLEN -
Great things are accomplished by men who are not conscious of the impotence of man. Such insensitiveness is precious. But we must admit that criminals are not unlike our heroes in this respect.
PAUL VALERY -
We look in our own backyard and say, ‘How do we help at-risk families, at risk youth? How do we think through some of the problems affecting the Pacific Northwest and make some change there?’
MELINDA GATES -
Nothing is more democratic, less judgmental, than water. Water doesn’t care whether flesh is withered or fresh; it caresses aged flesh and firm flesh with equal love.
BARBARA GRIZZUTI HARRISON -
What contributed to my writing early on is how my mom encouraged it. She kept the TV off because she wanted my siblings and I to be engaged and active. So we made forts, put on plays, musicals, and I wrote like crazy.
AMANDA GORMAN -
You had to use it to fight apartheid & some of us resisted that in the end, you recognize that you are facing a government that has no scruples about using culture & art to oppress you.
ACHMAT DANGOR -
I bought abandon dearAnd sold all piety for pleasure.My own free spirit I have followed,And never will I give up lust.
ABU NUWAS -
There is one art of which people should be masters – the art of reflection.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE -
Even the day must let go of the sun and allow the light to disappear, so the darkness can live for a while. The only way out of grief is through it.
NIKITA GILL -
To have the Raiders global, and we’re not going to be able to do that with a half-filled stadium.
AL DAVIS -
You get a lot of who you are as a musician across through the music you write. If you’re writing your own music, then it’s important to be really honest.
HARRY STYLES -
Then there’s the in-between, not a lipstick lesbian, not a butch dyke. I think that is what I’d be, a sweatpants lesbian.
ADAM CAROLLA -
I’ve gone through guys who want to lay on their backs and play like they’re full of themselves. You know, I don’t care about posing. I mean look at me, do I care about posing?
BILL KREUTZMANN