"We have in our head something called story grammar. We see the world as a series of episodes rather than logical propositions... In our serious society, storytelling is seen as being soft. But people process the world through story."

-- Daniel H. Pink

#People Quotes #Stories Quotes #World Quotes

“The only master that exists, the only one that's true and believable is your own conscience. To find it you have to stand in silence-alone and in silence-you have to stand on the naked earth, naked yourself and with nothing around you, as if you were already dead. You don't hear anything at first; the only thing you feel is terror, but then you begin to hear a voice, away in the background, far off; it's a calm voice, and maybe its banality gets on your nerves to begin with.”
“I take it that I must be the eternal playfellow of time. For piety and common-sense and death are rightfully time's toys; and it is with these three that I divert myself.”
“Socrates famously said that the unconsidered life is not worth living. He meant that a life lived without forethought or principle is a life so vulnerable to chance, and so dependent on the choices and actions of others, that it is of little real value to the person living it. He further meant that a life well lived is one which has goals, and integrity, which is chosen and directed by the one who lives it, to the fullest extent possible to a human agent caught in the webs of society and history.”
“People have fallen in love with words and lost the world. Itâ€™s time to regain it.”
“It's also a question of finding good material and interesting roles. I'm not the only actress out there, and good parts just don't fall into your lap that easily. But I like most of the films I've made recently and so I'm pretty positive about the future.”
“Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from Godâ€™s love for them. 9Â But I, with shouts of grateful praise, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. I will say, â€˜Salvation comes from the Lord.â€™”
“Social psychology has, as a rule, dealt with various phases of social experience from the psychological standpoint of individual experience.”

Source : "Mind, Self, and Society". Book by George Herbert Mead, 1934.
“The point about football in Britain is that it is not just a sport people take to, like cricket or tennis. It is built into the urban psyche, as much a common experience to our children as are uncles and school. It is not a phenomenon : it is an everyday matter.”

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