"A serious life means being fully aware of the alternatives, thinking about them with all the intensity one brings to bear on life-and-death questions, in full recognition that every choice is a great risk with necessary consequences that are hard to bear."

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Source : Allan Bloom (2008). “Closing of the American Mind”, p.227, Simon and Schuster

Allan Bloom

#Mean Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Life And Death Quotes

“Christ's enemies are but breaking their own heads in pieces, upon the Rock laid in Zion; and the stone is not removed out of its place. Faith hath cause to take courage from our very afflictions; the devil is but a whetstone to sharpen the faith and patience of the saints. I know that he but heweth and polisheth stones, all this time, for the new Jerusalem.”
“I would rather have a big burden and a strong back, than a weak back and a caddy to carry life's luggage.”
“You just drop a character like this that and the other and it's done.”
“I started playing the acoustic guitar for more singer-songwriter type stuff. I bet if I would have gotten more approval for my "rock playing", I might be a world class shredder.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“You take a poll of any people. What is it they want? The right to write an editorial as you like? They want homes, medicine, jobs, schools.”
“Indian forms of yoga have spread throughout the world due to their objectives of promoting health and harmony. Japan is but one of many countries that have received these age-old teachings. While Indian yogic disciplines (Hatha yoga in particular) have become well known, not everyone realizes that certain distinctive Japanese versions of Indian spiritual paths have evolved. Perhaps the first of these unique methodologies is the art of Shin-shin-toitsu-do, which was developed by Nakamura Tempu Sensei (1876-1968). In fact, Nakamura Sensei is often considered to be the father of yoga in Japan.”

Source : "Japanese Yoga: The Way of Dynamic Meditation". Book by H.E.Davey, 2001.
“I could say I think coulds are pretty, and you'd say they're only pretty to demons.”
“The world is full of dumb paperwork.”

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