Quotes
Authors
Paul K. Chappell
"When people in a democracy are not educated in the art of living -- to strengthen their conscience, compassion, and ability to question and think critically -- they can be easily manipulated by fear and propaganda. A democracy is only as wise as its citizens, and a democracy of ignorant citizens can be as dangerous as a dictatorship." --
Source : Dr Paul Chappell, Dr, Paul K. Chappell (2013). “Peaceful Revolution: How We can Create the Future Needed for Humanity's Survival”, p.38, Easton Studio Press LLC
Paul K. Chappell
#Wise Quotes
#Art Quotes
#Thinking Quotes
“And then came human beings; humans wanted to cling but there was nothing to cling to.”
“I gave my life to the Group Theatre, because in it I'm building something for myself. What I build, I am.”
“Hallucinations are bad enough. But after awhile you learn to cope with things like seeing your dead grandmother crawling up your leg with a knife in her teeth. Most acid fanciers can handle this sort of thing. But nobody can handle that other trip-the possibility that any freak with $1.98 can walk into the Circus-Circus and suddenly appear in the sky over downtown Las Vegas twelve times the size of God, howling anything that comes into his head. No, this is not a good town for psychedelic drugs.”
“When I begin to eliminate from the list all those professions which are impossible from a financial point of view and then those which I feel disinclined to-it leaves nothing”
“If the heart bleeds love, bare it, If the martyr's crown fits, wear it.”
“Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning. Earning is an attitude. Effort is an action. Grace, you know, does not just have to do with forgiveness of sins alone.”
Source : Dallas Willard (2012). “Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship with God”, p.254, InterVarsity Press
“Talk lives in a man’s head, but sometimes it is very lonely because in the heads of many men there is nothing to keep it company - and so talk goes out through the lips.”
“I would desire for a friend the son who never resisted the tears of his mother.”