"The state of interbeing is a vulnerable state. It is the vulnerability of the naive altruist, of the trusting lover, of the unguarded sharer. To enter it, one must leave behind the seeming shelter of a control-based life, protected by walls of cynicism, judgment, and blame."

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Source : Charles Eisenstein (2013). “The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible”, p.32, North Atlantic Books

Charles Eisenstein

#Wall Quotes #Shelter Quotes #Lovers Quotes

“Were I to personify Justice, instead of presenting her blind, I would denominate her the goddess of fire. . . Of unbending integrity Justice should feel, hear and see; but truth alone should be the polar star by which she should shape her movements, and equity only should constrain her determinations.”

Source : Judith Sargent Murray (1992). “The gleaner”, Syracuse Univ Pr
“Every now and then, bite off more than you can chew.”
“I find above all that the expression, atonal music, is most unfortunate â€” it is on a par with calling flying the art of not falling, or swimming the art of not drowning.”

Source : Arnold Schoenberg, Leonard Stein (1975). “Style and Idea: Selected Writings of Arnold Schoenberg”, p.210, Univ of California Press
“Every body continues in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, except insofar as it doesn't.”
“Yes I think so, absolutely. It should be stopped, nobody should be talking of hatred and militancy and aggression.”
“The single greatest pleasure that I have in doing ('Bizarre Foods') is when I meet families with 6, 7, 8-year-olds, or teenagers, who say, 'It's something the whole family can watch, and it lets us show our younger children that one man's 'weird' is another man's 'wonderful,' and we all kind of live in the same place.' It's just the best part of my day.”
“We have the Internet of Everything but not the inclusion of everyone.”
“A lot of lies and misinformation has been put about by eco nuts on the back of a report by an idiot economist [Sir Nicholas Stern]. Environmental head bangers are talking nonsense when they claim that aviation is the fastest-growing source of carbon emissions. Coal-fired and oil-fired power stations are the biggest contributor of carbon but I have yet to hear any fearless eco warriors advocating nuclear power as they drive around in their SUVs to their next protest meeting.”

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