"Somewhere in the child, somewhere in the adult, there is a hard, irreducible, stubborn core of biological urgency, and biological necessity , and biological reason that culture cannot reach and that reserves the right, which sooner or later it will exercise, to judge the culture and resist and revise it."

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Source : "Beyond Culture: Essays on Literature and Learning (Freud: Within and Beyond Culture)". Book by Lionel Trilling, 1965.

Lionel Trilling

#Children Quotes #Exercise Quotes #Judging Quotes

“When you get billions in aid and your weapons resupplied and your ammunition stock resupplied, you don't learn the lesson that war is bad and nobody wins.”
“The Divine glory is an object only worthy of attention; and to display his holy character, was the design of God in creation' as there were no after beings existing antecedent therto, to attract the mind of Jehovah; and we are sure that God is pursing the same thing still, and always will.”

Source : "Black Preacher to White America: The Collected Writings of Lemuel Haynes, 1774-1833".
“It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.”
“I'm a terrible dancer.”
“We seem never to know what any thing means or is worth until we have lost it.”
“Jesus died to forgive our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them?”
“It does not matter how other people treat you. That is their lookout. The only real thing is how you treat them. Give love out, but do not worry and expect any in return, and you will be happy and contented.”

Source : Evalyn Walsh McLean (2015). “Father Struck It Rich”, p.11, Pickle Partners Publishing
“Give and ye shall receive.”

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