"There is no 'the truth,' 'a truth'--truth is not one thing, or even a system. It is an increasing complexity."

-- Adrienne Rich

#Truth Is Quotes #Complexity Quotes

“John Howard has gone a bridge too far by not going far enough”
“I suppose I'll be able to get a drink there.”
“A good wine has many qualities I think. If drunk moderately, it is healthy and good for your heart.”
“Perhaps basketball and poetry have just a few things in common, but the most important is the possibility of transcendence. The opposite is labor. In writing, every writer knows when he or she is laboring to achieve an effect. You want to get from here to there, but find yourself willing it, forcing it. The equivalent in basketball is aiming your shot, a kind of strained and usually ineffective purposefulness. What you want is to be in some kind of flow, each next moment a discovery.”
“Being asked to serve as UN Womenâ€™s Goodwill Ambassador is truly humbling. The chance to make a real difference is not an opportunity that everyone is given and is one I have no intention of taking lightly. Womenâ€™s rights are something so inextricably linked with who I am, so deeply personal and rooted in my life that I canâ€™t imagine an opportunity more exciting. I still have so much to learn, but as I progress I hope to bring more of my individual knowledge, experience and awareness to this role.”
“Self-deception is a defining part of our human nature. By recognizing its various forms in ourselves and reflecting upon them, we may be able to disarm them and even, in some cases, to employ and enjoy them. This self-knowledge opens up a whole new world before us, rich in beauty and subtlety, and frees us not only to take the best out of it, but also to give it back the best of ourselves, and, in so doing, to fulfil our potential as human beings. I don't really think it's a choice.”

Source : FaceBook post by Neel Burton from Mar 05, 2013
“I don't know how much longer I can complain.”
“The miracle often lies outside our comfort zone.”

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