"The end approaches, but the apocalypse is long lived."

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Source : Harold Coward, Toby Foshay, Jacques Derrida (1992). “Derrida and Negative Theology”, p.59, SUNY Press

Jacques Derrida

#Long Quotes #Apocalypse Quotes #Ends Quotes

“[Man] ... his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and his beliefs are but the outcome of accidental collocations of atoms; that no fire, no heroism, no intensity of thought and feeling can preserve an individual life beyond the grave; that all the labour of the ages, all the devotion, all the inspiration, all the noonday brightness of human genius are destined to extinction in the vast death of the solar system, and that the whole temple of Man's achievement must inevitably be buried beneath the debris of a universe in ruins...”
“The best kind of travel â€“ the kind I wanted to experience â€“ involves a particular state of mind, in which one is not merely open to the occurrence of the unexpected, but to deep involvement in the unexpected, indeed, open to the possibility of having oneâ€™s life changed forever by a chance encounter.”
“I was a single mother when my child was little.”
“Democracy is not possible without effectively working legal system.”
“We have crossed the boundary that lies between Republic and Empire. If you ask when, the answer is that you cannot make a single stroke between day and night: the precise moment does not matter. There was no painted sign to say: 'You are now entering Imperium.' Yet it was a very old road and the voice of history was saying: 'Whether you know it or not, the act of crossing may be irreversible.' And now, not far ahead, is a sign that reads: 'No U-turns.'”

Source : Garet Garrett (1961). “Rise of Empire”
“Education is important because, first of all, people need to know that discrimination still exists. It is still real in the workplace, and we should not take that for granted.”

Source : "Praeger Handbook on Understanding and Preventing Workplace Discrimination". Book by Michele Antoinette Paludi, p. 13, 2010.
“The bigger your mission becomes, the greater inspiration you will be given.”
“There are some things in science which should be brought to light. There are others, doctor, which should be left alone.”

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