"When the weather is hot, keep a cool mind. When the weather is cold, keep a warm heart."

-- Ajahn Brahm

#Heart Quotes #Weather Quotes #Mind Quotes

“The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the gratification of one's family and friends; and lastly, the solid cash.”
“please believe that things are good with me, and even when they're not, they will be soon enough. And i will always believe the same about you.”
“And all the countries seemed the same, That I don't see myself there, And I don't see myself here.”
“The Athenians regularly maintained a number of degraded and useless beings at the public expense; and when any calamity, such as plague, drought, or famine, befell the city, they sacrificed two of these outcast scapegoats.”
“I think there must be a place inside of us where dreams go and wait their turn.”
“Let us live without hate among those who hate”
“A cold atheistical materialism is the tendency of the so-called material philosophy of the present day.”
“Under present conditions, people are preoccupied with consumer goods not because they are brainwashed but because buying is the one pleasurable activity not only permitted but actively encouraged by our rulers. The pleasure of eating an ice cream cone may be minor compared to the pleasure of meaningful, autonomous work, but the former is easily available and the latter is not. A poor family would undoubtedly rather have a decent apartment than a new TV, but since they are unlikely to get the apartment, what is to be gained by not getting the TV?”

Source : "Women and the Myth of Consumerism". Book by Ellen Willis, Ramparts, 1969.

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