"By becoming aware of the dignity of the mind, we realize the true ground of the dignity of man and therewith the goodness of the world, whither we understand it as created or uncreated, which is the home of man because it is the home of the human mind."

-- Leo Strauss

#Home Quotes #Men Quotes #Mind Quotes

“In prayer and in every work of your life avoid suspicious ness, doubt and diabolical imaginations. Let your spiritual eye be single, in order that the whole body of your prayer, of your works and of your life may be light.”
“I'd want to collaborate with Eminem, of all people. Maybe even Lauryn Hill. But career-wise, I'd say I'd want to have something most like Madonna.”
“Ethics is the new competitive environment”
“Artists who have produced experimental innovations have been motivated by aesthetic criteria: they have aimed at presenting visual perceptions. Their goals are imprecise, so their procedure is tentative and incremental.”
“It is a popular error that bureaucracy is less flexible than private enterprise. It may be so in detail, but when large scale adaptations have to be made, central control is far more flexible. It may take two months to get an answer to a letter from a government department, but it takes twenty years for an industry under private enterprise to readjust itself to a fall in demand.”

Source : Joan Robinson (2014). “Contributions to Modern Economics”, p.27, Academic Press
“Hunger and self-control do not go hand in hand.”
“When people have been traumatized, they are stuck in paralysis-the immobility reaction or abrupt explosions of rage.”

Source : Peter A. Levine (2008). “Healing Trauma: A Pioneering Program for Restoring the Wisdom of Your Body”, p.55, Sounds True
“The Word says, â€˜Love not the world, neither the things that are in the worldâ€™ (1 John 2:15). Jesus warned, â€˜Beware of covetousness: for a manâ€™s life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possessesâ€™ (Luke 12:15).Â Thingsâ€”our possessionsâ€”can tie us down to this world. While heaven and hell prepare for war, we go shopping. Eternal values are at stake! The end of all we know is nearâ€”and we are busy playing with our toys!”

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