"Reason cannot establish values, and its belief that it can is the stupidiest and most pernicious illusion."

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Source : "Closing of the American Mind".

Allan Bloom

#Belief Quotes #Illusion Quotes #Reason Quotes

“They went in and out of each other's minds without any effort.”
“With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, more people will have insurance coverage and, in principle, be eligible for more care.”
“To live in a peaceful home is to experience paradise on earth”
“A great silence is spreading over the natural world even as the sound of man is becoming deafening,”

Source : "The Great Animal Orchestra". Book by Bernie Krause, March 19, 2012.
“And I think right now I'm just enjoying finding something such as One Weekend a Month where I can really resonate with this woman's history and her situation.”
“[Rubinstein was] a fountain from which music spouted, not a recitalist.”
“My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is in a water'd shoot; My heart is like an apple-tree Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit; My heart is like a rainbow shell That paddles in a halcyon sea; My heart is gladder than all these, Because my love is come to me. Raise me a daÃ¯s of silk and down; Hang it with vair and purple dyes; Carve it in doves and pomegranates, And peacocks with a hundred eyes; Work it in gold and silver grapes, In leaves and silver fleurs-de-lys; Because the birthday of my life Is come, my love is come to me.”
“At 27, it's great to get to a place where I'm not an actor for hire anymore.”

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