"We must talk about poverty, because people insulated by their own comfort lose sight of it."

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Dorothy Day

#Sight Quotes #People Quotes #Comfort Quotes

“The human body is not a thing or a substance, given, but a continuous creation.”
“I believe in the person I want to become”

Source : "Ride". Video clip, "Born to Die" album deluxe edition, www.youtube.com. October 12, 2012.
“I think there is a disrespect for the mind that Trump, for example, exemplifies. His is a kind of strategic thinking that's more about shrewdness than about intellect. His attack on "elites" is meant to rally his base to rebel against the powers that be - in Washington especially. I don't think he cares much about higher education per se; he just wants to demonstrate that learning isn't necessary for business or government. He wants to elevate mediocrity to a heroic virtue.”

Source : Source: www.salon.com
“Authentic thinking, thinking that is concerned about reality, does not take place in ivory tower isolation, but only in communication. If it is true that thought has meaning only when generated by action upon the world, the subordination of students to teachers becomes impossible.”
“It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness. A handsome woman talks nonsense, you listen and hear not nonsense but cleverness. She says and does horrid things, and you see only charm. And if a handsome woman does not say stupid or horrid things, you at once persuade yourself that she is wonderfully clever and moral.”
“I want to talk about the internet, the impact it is having on the innocence of our children, how online ***** is corroding childhood and how, in the darkest corners of the internet, there are things going on that are a direct danger to our children, and that must be stamped out.”
“Whenever I was asked what I wanted my first impulse was to answer "Nothing." The thought went through my mind that it didn't make any difference, that nothing was going to make me happy.”

Source : Osamu Dazai (1973). “No Longer Human”, p.30, New Directions Publishing
“The moral values I've learnt in my life I've learnt through football.”

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