"In late modernity we grow more and more accustomed to politicians and public figures who are indebted to their appetites for their "values," to their intellectual sloth for their "principles," to their rhetorical cleverness for their "conscience," and to their regimented conformism for their "philosophy.""

-- Kenny Smith

#Philosophy Quotes #Intellectual Quotes #Sloth Quotes

“Not surprisingly, because too much attention to one object leads to distraction, this one object conceals everything else, and when we focus on one point on the map we know that all other points are eluding us.”

Source : Witold Gombrowicz (2011). “Cosmos: A Novel”, p.16, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“Ever wonder how many angels you have? All of them. They insisted.”
“Well, the post office is probably not the place you want to go if you want to be infused with patriotism and a renewed sense of vigor.”
“I feel lucky... I have tremendous support so I've never felt alone.”
“Writers know that sometimes things are there in the drawer for decades before they finally come out and you are capable of writing about them.”
“I started carrying blank books like this one around, which I would fill with all the things I couldn't say...”
“Think, Believe, Dream, and Dare.”
“Humility is not about having a low self-image or poor self-esteem. Humility is about self-awareness.”

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