"In my opinion the hectic and almost frantic pace of modern living is a clear sign of the fear we have of being and of life. And as long as this fear exists in a person's unconscious, he will run faster and do more so as not to feel his fear."

-- Alexander Lowen

#Running Quotes #Fear Quotes #Long Quotes

“I'm not a good listener some times. I'm too much of a control freak. I'm learning to be better. I was so caught up in just getting the job done that I would miss out on the human aspect of this. There was a connection missing.”
“This is not some distant problem of the future. This is a problem that is affecting Americans right now. Whether it means increased flooding, greater vulnerability to drought, more severe wildfires - all these things are having an impact on Americans as we speak.”
“The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less quantity and more quality.”
“Social obligation is much bigger than supporting worthy causes. It includes anything that impacts people and the quality of their lives .”
“As I have often said, electrons and gerbils don't cheat. People do.”

Source : Martin Gardner (1999). “The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener”, p.64, Macmillan
“We want to believe in the essential, unchanging goodness of people, in their power to resist external pressures, in their rational appraisal and then rejection of situational temptations. We invest human nature with God-like qualities, with moral and rational faculties that make us both just and wise. We simplify the complexity of human experience by erecting a seemingly impermeable boundary between Good and Evil.”
“I began by playing for the biggest club in the Lorraine region, went on to the biggest club in France and ended up with the biggest in the world.”
“We have allowed our youths to buy into a culture (hip hop) that has been perverted, corrupted and overtaken by prison culture. The music, attitude and behavior expressed in this culture is anti-black, anti-education, demeaning, self-destructive, pro-drug dealing and violent.”

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