"Shallow are the souls that have forgotten how to shudder"

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Source : Leon Kass, James Q. Wilson (1998). “The Ethics of Human Cloning”, p.19, American Enterprise Institute

Leon Kass

#Soul Quotes #Forgotten Quotes #Shallow Quotes

“Retail is selling things that don't come back to customers who do.”
“If [Ho Chi Minh] had had carte blanche over his movement, would the results of the war have been different? That is difficult to say. In some cases - as in 1945 and 1946, he appeared to overestimate the possibility that the United States might decide to recognize his government and the independence of the DRV (although to be fair, from the outset he had warned that Washington might eventually decide to align with the French because of the Cold War).”
“Think of success as a game of chance in which you have control over the odds. As you begin to master concepts in personal achievement, you are increasing your odds of achieving success.”
“But the moment a bird was dead, no matter how beautiful it had been in life, the pleasure of possession became blunted for me.”
“The word baptism means derailment. Christ baptizes Peter on the rock when he tells him: "Because you confessed your love for me, your life is no longer your own. Before you said this, you fastened your belt and you walked wherever you liked. Now, others will put a belt around you and take you where you would rather not go." To submit to love is to be baptized, that is, to let one's life be forever interrupted. To not let one's life be interrupted is to say no to love”
“Thank goodness my education was neglected.”
“I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.”
“And I must say tonight that a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it America has failed to hear? It has failed to hear that the plight of the negro poor has worsened over the last twelve or fifteen years. It has failed to hear that the promises of freedom and justice have not been met. And it has failed to hear that large segments of white society are more concerned about tranquility and the status quo than about justice and humanity.”

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