"The freedom of affluence opposes and contradicts the freedom of community life."

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Wendell Berry

#Community Quotes #Affluence Quotes

“The memory of how we work will endure beyond the products of our work.”
“I don't like the fact that we're not creating jobs the way we used to create jobs in Pennsylvania. I lament the fact that we're not setting the table for really robust economic development, here in Pennsylvania, where we can do that. I lament the fact that our schools are being hollowed out. We need a fresh start. I think we need to go in a different direction. I think we need a new governor.”

Source : FaceBook post by Tom Wolf from Sep 23, 2014
“Life isnâ€™t fair." I said. "Itâ€™s taken me a while to get that. Itâ€™s always going to disappoint you in some way or another. Youâ€™ll make plans, and itâ€™ll push you in another direction. You will love people, and theyâ€™ll be taken away no matter how hard you fight to keep them. Youâ€™ll try for something and wonâ€™t get it. You donâ€™t have to find meaning in it; you donâ€™t have to try to change things. You just have to accept the things that are out of your hands and try to take care of yourself. Thatâ€™s your job.”
“I think when a surfer becomes a surfer, it's almost like an obligation to be an environmentalist at the same time.”
“The rumble of a subway train, the rattle of the taxis.”
“Life is no brief candle but a splendid torch made to burn ever more brightly.”
“If you were out of a job and your kid needed diapers and your husband just left you, you would be so confused.”
“Being that can be understood is language.”

Source : Hans-Georg Gadamer (2008). “Philosophical Hermeneutics”, p.31, Univ of California Press

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