"Commitment is a word invented in our abstract modernity to signify the absence of any real motives in the soul for moral dedication."

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Source : Allan Bloom (1988). “Closing of the American Mind”, Simon & Schuster

Allan Bloom

#Real Quotes #Commitment Quotes #Dedication Quotes

“As to London we must console ourselves with the thought that if life outside is less poetic than it was in the days of old, inwardly its poetry is much deeper.”

Source : Goldwin Smith (1881). “Lectures and Essays”, New York : Macmillan
“For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.”
“Once the Western mind was disconnected from its sense of divine responsibility and genuine reverence towards nature, all hell broke loose. And that's where we are.”
“Shock is a merciful condition. It allows you to get through disaster with a necessary distance between you and your feelings.”
“The furnace of affliction is a good place for you, Christian; it benefits you; it helps you to become more like Christ, and it is fitting you for heaven.”
“If you hesitate, some bolder hand will stretch out before you and get the prize.”

Source : P. T. Barnum (1999). “Art of Money Getting”, p.40, Applewood Books
“You mustn't judge a politician by talk. You have to judge them by performance.”
“Simplify, simplify, simplify.”

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