"The more recently power has originated, the less it can remain stationary - first because those who created it have become accustomed to rapid further movement and because they are and will be innovators per se; secondly, because the forces aroused or subdued by them can be employed only through further acts ..."

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Source : Jacob Burckhardt (2012). “Judgements on History and Historians”, p.84, Routledge

Jacob Burckhardt

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“The real key is to live in an environment where the mind feels free to choose the right thing instead of being compelled by habit and inertia to choose the wrong thing.”
“If we're all God's children, what's so special about Jesus?”
“Love leaves legacy. How you treated other people, not your wealth or accomplishments, is the most enduring impact you can leave on earth.”

Source : FaceBook post by Pastor Rick Warren from Jul 21, 2016
“The environment is everything that isn't me.”
“I want to buy Yoogeun a fire extinguisher.”
“Certain things, if not seen as lovely or detestable, are not being correctly seen at all.”
“It's always an interesting question of what was it like as Norman Mailer's son because I could easily turn it back and say what's it like not to. I didn't always realize my dad was Norman Mailer. I always knew he was Dad, and then I forget the exact age when it dawned on me that, you know, he is actually someone who affects the public consciousness of the time. It was amazing. I mean he was a rock star and brilliant and kind and funny and generous and scary when he needed to be and, you know, hard as a father.”
“Forget about good. Good is a known quantity. Good is what we all agree on. As long as you stick to good, you'll never have real growth.”

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