"Such exceptional suffering and calamity, then, affecting the hero, and-we must now add-generally extending far and wide beyond him, so as to make the whole scene a scene of woe, are an essential ingredient in tragedy and a chief source of the tragic emotions, and especially of pity. But the proportions of this ingredient, and the direction taken by tragic pity, will naturally vary greatly."

-- A. C. Bradley

#Taken Quotes #Hero Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“I strongly believe that antisemitism and Jewish chauvinism can only be fought simultaneously.”

Source : Israel Shahak (1994). “Jewish History, Jewish Religion: The Weight of Three Thousand Years”, p.12, Pluto Press
“You shall not pile, with servile toil, Your monuments upon my breast, Nor yet within the common soil Lay down the wreck of power to rest . . .”

Source : "The Dirge of Alaric, the Visigoth". The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, Volume V, No. 25, January-June 1823.
“This is the feeling for syllable and rhythm, penetrating far below the conscious levels of thought and feeling, invigorating every word.”
“Till I was 13, I thought my name was 'Shut Up.'”
“...Force yourself to use the optimist's explanatory style: 'The situation is temporary. The effect will be limited, not pervasive. And it's due to external causes.' If you just can't make that work for you, refocus your attention...Turn your attention in a totally different direction for the time being. Replace the distressing thoughts with other ideas. Distract yourself.”
“Diffused knowledge immortalizes itself.”

Source : James Mackintosh (1791). “Vindiciae Gallicae”, p.199
“Let me repeat: Observe a particle as a wave, and it is a wave. Observe it as matter, and it is matter. ... Thus it is our point of view, the way we look at reality that makes reality the way it is.”
“We don't have two lives-a "spiritual" life here and a "regular" life there. Our life in Christ is one unified lifestyle, and it is who we are wherever we are.”

Source : Steve McVey (2011). “52 Lies Heard in Church Every Sunday”, p.93, Harvest House Publishers

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