"We find the most terrible form of atheism, not in the militant and passionate struggle against the idea of God himself, but in the practical atheism of everyday living, in indifference and torpor. We often encounter these forms of atheism among those who are formally Christians."

-- Nikolai Berdyaev

#Christian Quotes #Atheist Quotes #Struggle Quotes

“If we teach todayâ€™s students as we taught yesterdayâ€™s, we rob them of tomorrow.”
“As soon as you think you have a firm idea you allow it to dissolve and you let go of it, particularly when it comes to a stylistic or aesthetic identity. In fact, you only really find out what it is when you deconstruct it; so, yeah, that's a sort of collage sensibility of having a lot of voicings coming from all over the place and not necessarily trying to shape them or try to commodify them. It keeps you in the living language... an opportunity to not be governed so much by intellect.”
“How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be?”
“Waiting periods are only a step. Registration is only a step. The prohibition of private firearms is the goal.”
“I would vote for a Mormon.”
“Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood.”

Source : Lionel Trilling (2012). “The Liberal Imagination”, p.259, New York Review of Books
“The consequences of every act are included in the act itself.”
“I was always a bit reluctant with anything like fame and the limelight and it didn't sit very well with me, although I love singing and writing.”

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