"It is not reason that gives us our moral orientation, it is sensitivity."

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Maurice Barres

#Giving Quotes #Moral Quotes #Reason Quotes

“It's like he would take a photograph of Sam, and the photograph would be beautiful. And he would think that the reason the photograph was beautiful was because of how he took it. If I took it, I would know that the only reason it's beautiful is because of Sam. I just think it's bad when a boy looks at a girl and thinks that the way he sees the girl is better then the girl actually is. And I think it's bad when the most honest way a boy can look at a girl is through a camera. It's very hard for me to see Sam feel better about herself just because a boy sees her that way.”
“The need for comprehensive reform must not blind us to the urgency of addressing the massive debt that's already crushing our young people.”
“Only the drum is confident, it thinks the world has not changed”
“Creation and creativity are inextricably linked.”
“I am logically in favour of a referendum. It would be the only legitimate way.”
“Little did I know that I would be fortunate enough to develop several operating systems in my lifetime; developing one is a rare opportunity for anyone.”
“Stop filtering your nutrients through somebody else's body.”
“When sleep leaves the body like smoke and man, sated with secrets, drives the overworked nag of quarrel out of its stall, then the fire-breathing union begins anew . . .”

Source : Nelly Sachs (1967). “O the Chimneys: Selected Poems, Including the Verse Play, Eli”, New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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