"Our sense of being a person can come from being drawn into a wide social unit; our sense of selfhood can arise through the little ways in which we resist the pull. Our status is backed by the solid buildings of the world, while our sense of personal identity often resides in the cracks"

-- Erving Goffman

#Identity Quotes #Cracks Quotes #World Quotes

“Praise will lead you to vanity, and blame will lead you to self-pity, and both are bad for writers.”
“Live in rooms full of light. Avoid heavy food. Be moderate in the drinking of wine. Take massage, baths, exercise, and gymnastics. Fight insomnia with gentle rocking or the sound of running water. Change surroundings and take long journeys. Strictly avoid frightening ideas. Indulge in cheerful conversation and amusements. Listen to music.”
“Nothing again. No one is listening. No one is waiting to hear the kicking of a man above. It is unexpected. You have no ears for someone like me.”
“Whatever your job, it is important if it is what God wants you to do.”
“One needs to be right before getting righteous.”
“Be moral. Be brave. Be a heart-whole man, strictly moral, brave unto desperation. Don't bother your head with religious theories. Cowards only sin, brave men never, no, not even in mind.”
“The writer can choose what he writes about but he cannot choose what he is able to make live.”
“Compassion is a call, a demand of nature, to relieve the unhappy as hunger is a natural call for food”

Source : Joseph Butler (2012). “Human Nature and other Sermons”, p.43, Simon and Schuster

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