"Thus for each blunt-faced ignorant one The great grey rigid uniform combined Safety with virtue of the sun. Thus concepts linked like chainmail in the mind."

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Source : Thom Gunn (2017). “Selected Poems of Thom Gunn”, p.57, Faber & Faber

Thom Gunn

#Safety Quotes #Mind Quotes #Ignorant Quotes

“I was opposed to the U.S. involvement in Libya from the very start. President Obama has never made a compelling national security case on Libya.”
“It is a sad mission to cut through and destroy with the scissors of analysis the delicate and iridescent veils with which our proud mediocrity clothes itself.”

Source : Cesare Lombroso (2017). “The Man of Genius”, p.11, Litres
“I offer early Christianity as a case-study to show that the phenomena that we group under "religion(s)" comprise a somewhat artificial category, and that "religions" are not "all the same."”

Source : Source: www.patheos.com
“We're making the music we love, and hopefully the fans are gonna love it, too.”
“People want to be happy, and all the other things they want are typically meant to be a means to that end.”

Source : Daniel Gilbert (2006). “Stumbling on Happiness”, p.34, Vintage
“I want to be the apostle of self destruction. I want my book to affect man's reason, his emotions, his nerves, his whole animal nature. I should like my book to make people turn pale with horror as they read it, to affect them like a drug, like a terrifying dream, to drive them mad, to make them curse and hate me but still to read me.”
“She couldnâ€™t help wondering if that was how one made the decision to forgive or not. If letting go hurt more than accepting someoneâ€™s mistakes.”
“Resilience is all about being able to overcome the unexpected. Sustainability is about survival. The goal of resilience is to thrive.”

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