"The final goal of human effort is man's self-transforma tion."

-- Lewis Mumford

#Men Quotes #Self Quotes #Goal Quotes

“I could lie and pretend that I hunt and camp, but that wouldn't be me. Clothes? Shopping? That's stuff I like!”
“I wrote so much about fandom and participation for NPR that I eventually realized my most fertile way of participating in music is to actually play it, at least in a way that made the most sense to me.”
“To reverse the effects of civilization would destroy the dreams of a lot of people. There's no way around it. We can talk all we want about sustainability, but there's a sense in which it doesn't matter that these people's dreams are based on, embedded in, intertwined with, and formed by an inherently destructive economic and social system. Their dreams are still their dreams. What right do I -- or does anyone else -- have to destroy them. At the same time, what right do they have to destroy the world?”
“Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination. This is the war of the future.”
“Promises that you make to yourself are often like the Japanese plum tree - they bear no fruit.”
“Be open to your dreams, people. Embrace that distant shore. Because our mortal journey is over all too soon.”
“Meditate?â€ I took my head out from under the pillow, shook dark hair back from my face, and rolled over on my side to look at him. â€œExcuse me, but the closest I ever got to having a spiritual awakening was dating a yoga instructor. Once.”
“You can't expect someone born into a family with no music... to understand when I'm conducting the Schoenberg Variations.”

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