"Consciousness permits us to develop the instruments of culture - morality and justice, religion, art, economics and politics, science and technology. Those instruments allow us some measure of freedom in the confrontation with nature."

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Source : "Self Comes to Mind". Interview with Jonah Lehrer, www.wired.com. November 8, 2010.

Antonio Damasio

#Art Quotes #Technology Quotes #Justice Quotes

“We serve the world by finding out what feeds us, and, having been fed, then share our gifts with others.”

Source : James Hollis (2008). “What Matters Most: Living a More Considered Life”, p.35, Penguin
“Establishment women just get mad. Activists change the laws.”
“Half of the failures in life come from pulling one's horse when he is leaping.”
“I support responsible spending, and balancing the budget, but this tax cut and the budget cuts of last month accomplish neither of these goals.”
“Saint Augustine ... insisted that scripture taught nothing but charity. Whatever the biblical author may have intended, any passage that seemed to preach hatred and was not conducive to love must be interpreted allegorically and made to speak of charity.”
“GM is operating in an intensely competitive global environment and reaching this tentative agreement allows us to continue to build momentum in the market with the award-winning vehicles and components produced in Canada.”
“I grew up in Tennessee, and if you didn't play football, you were a sissy. I got slurs all the time because I was in music and art...I was an outcast in a lot of ways...but everything that you get picked on for or you feel makes you weird is essentially what's going to make you sexy as an adult.”
“Life doesn't require ideals. It requires standards of action.”

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