"We are all members of the same flawed species. Putting our moral vision into practice means imposing our will on others. The human lust for power and esteem, coupled with its vulnerability to self-deception and self-righteousness, makes that an invitation to a calamity, all the worse when the power is directed at a goal as quixotic as eradicating human self-interest."

-- Steven Pinker

#Mean Quotes #Self Quotes #Practice Quotes

“Perhaps ultimately, spiritual simply means experiencing wholeness and interconnectedness directly, a seeing that individuality and the totality are interwoven, that nothing is separate or extraneous. If you see in this way, then everything becomes spiritual in its deepest sense. Doing science is spiritual. So is washing the dishes.”
“I started playing jazz by slowing down Tal Farlow records and analyzing his runs”
“During the 60's, drug use was in fashion in the U.S.”
“But I couldn't ever make that dream happen. It just came on its own, the way dreams do.”

Source : emily m. danforth (2012). “The Miseducation of Cameron Post”, p.34, Harper Collins
“The moon is very rugged.”

Source : "Astronaut-turned-artist Alan Bean still reaching for the moon". www.cnn.com. July 16, 1999.
“It's at the very moment you want to give up on your dreams that you must expand them until they move you again.”
“Let's start calling family violence 'terrorism' and then maybe we will start to see that investment of funding applied to where it needs to be.”
“Buying wine is a political act.”

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