"It's dangerous, son.' 'What's dangerous?' 'When a man goes outside his house to look for peace."

-- Lorraine Hansberry

#Son Quotes #Men Quotes #House Quotes

“The speaker must choose a comprehensible [verstandlich] expression so that speaker and hearer can understand one another.”

Source : "Critical Heuristics of Social Planning: A New Approach to Practical Philosophy". Book by Werner Ulrich, 1983.
“The demand that we love our neighbor as ourselves contains as an axiom the demand that we shall love ourselves, shall accept ourselves as we were created.”
“Sure, beauty has the power to excite men. But so does a box of donuts.”
“Innocence can be redefined and called stupidity. Honesty can be called gullibility. Candor becomes lack of common sense. Interest in your work can be called cowardice. Generosity can be called soft-headedness, and observe : the former is disturbing”
“Everything important seems already to have happened.”
“It is healthier to see the good points of others than to analyze our own bad ones.”
“On pavements and the bark of trees I have found whole worlds.”
“Nature has thrown a veil of modest beauty over maidenhood and moss-roses.”

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