"Violence in our society has reached epidemic proportions. ... Violence in the media for entertainment purposes has been established as a major contributing factor."

-- Deborah Prothrow-Stith

#Epidemics Quotes #Media Quotes #Purpose Quotes

“What's madness but nobility of soul At odds with circumstance? The day's on fire! I know the purity of pure despair, My shadow pinned against a sweating wall, That place among the rocks--is it a cave, Or winding path? The edge is what I have........ ....... Dark,dark my light, and darker my desire. My soul, like some heat-maddened summer fly, Keeps buzzing at the sill. ~From "The Waking" by Theodore Roethke”
“When this No-Mind has been well developed, the mind does not stop with one thing nor does it lack any one thing. It appears appropriately when facing a time of need.”

Source : Takuan Sōhō (1986). “The unfettered mind: writings of the Zen master to the sword master”, Kodansha Amer Inc
“Groups like The Mountain Brothers just have to keep on doing what they're doing - just make it dope and just make it different. And not try to compete with other people of color.”
“I cannot work; I cannot speak; I cannot live or love as I should, unless God's wisdom lights my path.”
“My dream is to show the fire which comes out of the horses' nostrils; the dust which rises from their hooves. I want this to be an infernal waltz.”
“I find nothing more depressing than optimism.”
“In the vast reaches of the dry, cold night, thousands of stars were constantly appearing, and their sparkling icicles, loosened at once, began to slip gradually toward the horizon.”
“Differential equations won't help you much in the design of aeroplanes - not yet, anyhow.”

Source : Nevil Shute (2010). “Stephen Morris”, p.36, Random House

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