"...idea at play here is that of â€œmorality.â€ When young women are taught about morality, thereâ€™s not often talk of compassion, kindness, courage, or integrity. There is, however, a lot of talk about hymens"

-- Jessica Valenti

#Kindness Quotes #Integrity Quotes #Compassion Quotes

“Be yourself. Unapologetically.”
“People always comment about my clothes. They don't think a fashionable woman can love food and be knowledgeable and actually cook.”
“We seek more and more privacy, and feel more and more alienated and lonely when we get it.”

Source : Philip Slater (2016). “The Pursuit of Loneliness: America's Discontent and the Search for a New Democratic Ideal”, p.29, Beacon Press
“Simultaneous contrast is not just a curious optical phenomenon - it is the very heart of painting.”
“It is rare to see a rich man religious; for religion preaches restraint, and riches prompt to unlicensed freedom.”
“The Prayer of Examine produces within us the priceless grace of self-knowledge. I wish I could adequately explain to you how great a grace this truly is. Unfortunately, contemporary men and women simply do not value self-knowledge in the same way that all preceding generations have. For us technocratic knowledge reigns supreme. Even when we pursue self-knowledge, we all too often reduce it to a hedonistic search for personal peace and prosperity. How poor we are! Even the pagan philosophers were wiser than this generation. They knew that an unexamined life was not worth living.”
“I have always maintained that there is nothing wrong with nursery food now that we are grown up and can have a glass of wine with it.”
“The only reason I took ***** was for my health purposes. I did not take ***** to get any gain for any strength purposes.”

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