"The public square is more public than ever, but minds are rarely changed in 140 character bursts and by selfies."

-- Seth Godin

#Character Quotes #Squares Quotes #Mind Quotes

“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.”

Source : Flannery O'Connor (1988). “The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor”, p.100, Macmillan
“What else is belief but direction?”
“'Dallas' hit a chord back in the late Seventies and Eighties because it was the age of greed: here you have this unapologetic character who is mean and nasty and ruthless and does it all with an evil grin. I think people related to JR back then because we all have someone we know exactly like him. Everyone in the world knows a JR.”
“Lisa's baby was due about now. I've decided she had it and it was a girl. I've named her Rachel.”
“Dirt is dirt, and we've all got it no matter where we come from. I'm not sure Christ sees one kind of dirt as dirtier than another. One thing is for sure: His blood is able to bleach any stain left by any kind of dirt.”

Source : Beth Moore (2014). “Portraits of Devotion”, p.207, B&H Publishing Group
“Man wasn't made to share the universe with gods. Their ways are not meant for the humble likes of us. But we've decoded some of their secrets regardless. Like worms, we've grabbed on to the talons of eagles and learned some small truths and means of flight. But we can never really fly. We try, and succeed to a certain extent, but the fall is always - will always be - there.”
“Writing is a matter of finding the appropriate balance of dinosaurs and sodomy”
“Unconscious Polities emerge independent of conscious purpose.”

Source : William Irwin Thompson (1987). “Gaia, a Way of Knowing: Political Implications of the New Biology”, Inner Traditions International

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