"The most characteristic concern of rhetoric [is] the manipulation of men's beliefs for political ends....the basic function of rhetoric [is] the use of words by human agents to form attitudes or to induce actions in other human agents."

-- Kenneth Burke

#Attitude Quotes #Men Quotes #Political Quotes

“Do unto the other feller the way he'd like to do unto you, and do it fast.”

Source : Edward Noyes Westcott (2012). “David Harum A Story of American Life”, p.9, tredition
“I want God to play in my bloodstream the way sunlight amuses itself on the water.”
“Delivered from the galling yoke of time.”
“The degree of blessing enjoyed by any man will correspond exactly with the completeness of God's victory over him.”
“problems cannot be solved with words, but only through experience ...”

Source : Alice Miller (1997). “The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self”, p.104, Basic Books
“There is a tonic strength, in the hour of sorrow and affliction, in escaping from the world and society and getting back to the simple duties and interests we have slighted and forgotten. Our world grows smaller, but it grows dearer and greater. Simple things have a new charm for us, and we suddenly realize that we have been renouncing all that is greatest and best, in our pursuit of some phantom.”
“All a girl really wants is for one guy to prove to her that they are not all the same.”
“There is bound to be someone driven mad by love who will give you the chance to study the effects of gold cyanide on a cadaver. And when you do find one, observe with care, they almost always have crystals in their heart”

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