"Technological society has succeeded in multiplying the opportunities for pleasure, but it has great difficulty in generating joy."

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Source : Pope Paul VI (2007). “Christian Values and Virtues”, Crossroad Publishing Company

Pope Paul VI

#Opportunity Quotes #Joy Quotes #Pleasure Quotes

“I never mind doing press; it's never bothered me.”
“History is one long chain of reflections. Hegel also indicated certain rules that apply for this chain of reflections. Anyone studying history in depth will observe that a thought is usually proposed on the basis of other, previously proposed thoughts. But as soon as one thought is proposed, it will be contradicted by another. A tension arises between these two opposite ways of thinking. But the tension is resolved by the proposal of a third thought which accommodates the best of both points of view. Hegel calls this a dialectic process”
“At my age, I'm often asked if I'm frightened of death and my reply is always, I can't remember being frightened of birth.”
“Sighing, she gave a brief nod. â€œI was supposed to win. I was supposed to finish you off. They never counted on you winning. And then you didnâ€™t kill me. It was awful.â€ â€œYouâ€™re welcome,â€ I said, feeling fresh anger ignite. â€œIâ€™ll try not to humiliate you by letting you live next time.â€ (Max II to Max)”
“From what I hear, it's a normal thing to feel guilty as a mother, especially when trying to fill the needs of a newborn along with maintaining what you had with your first child.”
“Nobody wants to be here and nobody wants to leave.”
“The existence of trousers proves that God meant us to be bipeds.”
“People look to you to replace a part in their lives that they can't get back. You can't get the past back, you can't do it. We've all tried.”

Source : "Back From Normal" by Noreen Malone, nymag.com. April 15, 2012.

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