"Pathology is a relatively easy thing to discuss, health is very difficult. This, of course, is one of the reasons why there is such a thing as the sacred, and why the sacred is difficult to talk about, because the sacred is peculiarly related to the healthy. One does not like to disturb the sacred, for in general, to talk about something changes it, and perhaps will turn it into a pathology."

-- Gregory Bateson

#Healthy Quotes #Religion Quotes #Sacred Quotes

“I'm not as involved in every little thing as I used to be.”
“People have got to get used to making low carbon choices. If they have a direct incentive to do so they will think about it. Many times a day you have a choice between a low carbon option and a high carbon option, whether it is at home or at work.”

Source : "Britain trails China in dash to low-carbon economy, warns Tim Yeo" by Nicholas Watt, www.theguardian.com. July 18, 2010.
“Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.”
“Slave camps under the flag of freedom, massacres justified by philanthropy or the taste of the superhuman, cripple judgment. On the day when crime puts on the apparel of innocence, through a curious reversal peculiar to our age, it is innocence that is called on to justify itself. The purpose of this essay is to accept and study that strange challenge.”
“Sometimes I need to be a stranger to myself. Only then my soul can show me not what I want, but what I need to see.”
“I have 20,000 girlfriends, all around the world.”
“I've been estranged from my father since I was eight.”
“I had my footballing heroes such as Bryan Robson and Diego Maradona but my dad was a rugby league star, and he was my real hero. But the relationship with my mum was rocky and we saw things that would affect any youngster.”

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