"Everywhere in the world the industrial regime tends to make the unorganized or unorganizable individual, the pauper, into the victim of a kind of human sacrifice offered to the gods of civilization."

-- Jacques Maritain

#Sacrifice Quotes #Technology Quotes #Civilization Quotes

“The dreamer dreams, and the dreamer within the dream dreams.”
“The society of the Culture-Philistines makes life a burden to exceptional men.”

Source : Georg Brandes (2015). “Friedrich Nietzsche (English Edition)”, p.6, WILLIAM HEINEMANN
“When politicians start talking about large groups of their fellow Americans as 'enemies,' it's time for a quiet stir of alertness. Polarizing people is a good way to win an election, and also a good way to wreck a country.”

Source : Molly Ivins (2010). “You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You”, p.141, Vintage
“Live in such a way, that if someone speaks badly of you no one would belive it. Playing dress-up begins at age five and never truly ends.”
“Even though other people wrote my songs I put my stamp on them. I have a connection, but there is no truer connection than an artists and their own song.”
“The only people playing the roles of classic rock stars are hip-hop artists, now. Kanye's stage persona, and the way he approaches making albums, and the way he wants to be better than everyone else? That's reminiscent of Freddie Mercury. That's reminiscent of the Beatles.”
“I like the fact that I can do stunts, but I don't think of myself as a stunt guy. Those guys are really good at what they do.”

Source : Designer Magazine Interview, designermagazine.tripod.com.
“Without God we are but bruised reeds, ever threatened by the prospect of being crushed by lifeâ€™s uncaring millstone. Without God we are nothing, our lives worthless, our days an endless circular tread. Without God we stand condemned, doomed to a life without the precious gift of hope.”

Source : T. Davis Bunn, Isabella Bunn (2004). “The Innocent Libertine (Heirs of Acadia Book #2)”, p.200, Bethany House

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