"I think part of why schizophrenia got linked to civil rights protest in the '60s was because mainstream society was coding threats against the smooth running of the state as insanity and treating it as such, and so as that happens you see the evolution of a process in which people with schizophrenia are increasingly feared and our hospitals, particularly the kind of hospital that I look at in the book become to look more and more like prisons, to the point where many of them including the one I talk about actually become prisons."

Source : Interview with Austin Allen, bigthink.com. January 29, 2010.

Jonathan Michel Metzl

#Running Quotes #Book Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“When you approach spirituality as an adventure of being alive, you start as you would any adventure--with a sense of mystery and not-knowing. Instead of searching for answers that make you feel safe, you set out into the vastness of life and death, with a willingness to continually grow. You open up to the possibility that your ordinary life is an extraordinary adventure, and that your joys and sorrows have meaning. Spiritual practice becomes your rudder, offering direction and insight and discretion as you venture into the unknown.”

Source : Elizabeth Lesser (2008). “The Seeker's Guide: Making Your Life a Spiritual Adventure”, p.16, Ballantine Books
“In many ways, effective communication begins with mutual respect, communication that inspires, encourages others to do their best.”
“It seems to me it's always the evil we refuse to see that does us the greatest harm.”
“Nature, reason, and Christianity recognize no other. Pride may say Nay; but Pride was always a liar, and a great hater of the truth.”

Source : Susanna Moodie (1853). “Life in the Clearings Versus the Bush”, p.76, London : R. Bentley
“Grandchildren don't make a man feel old; it's the knowledge that he's married to a grandmother.”
“I think the big thing for Simple Plan is that we were able to keep the band members, the same five guys, the same lineup from the start. That's not easy. We grew up together. We're friends. We come from the same world. We've always had the same dreams and goals. I think we realized, as the years go by, how precious it is to have that, to build that, to see so many bands break up... it makes us realize how different we are to all that. We're really proud of that.”
“I have a 41-year track record of investing excellenceâ€¦ what do you have?”

Source : "Bill Gross reportedly earns $290m bonus even as investors withdrew billions from Pimco funds" by Heidi Moore, www.theguardian.com. November 14, 2014.
“We don't get what we deserve. We get what we BELIEVE we deserve.”

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