"The truest art I would strive for in any work would be to give the page the same qualities as earth: weather would land on it harshly; light would elucidate the most difficult truths; wind would sweep away obtuse padding."

-- Gretel Ehrlich

#Art Quotes #Nature Quotes #Wind Quotes

“Preliminary research-most of it published outside the medical literature-indicates that a significant number of our patients have experienced some form of violence and abuse during their lifetime, including elder abuse, child abuse, gang-related violence, sexual abuse, and domestic violence.”
“If you can find the God inside yourself, you can find the God inside everybody.”
“The spirit of love and good art have equal beauty”
“When we are shown scenes of starving children in Africa, with a call for us to do something to help them, the underlying ideological message is something like: "Don't think, don't politicize, forget about the true causes of their poverty, just act, contribute money, so that you will not have to think!”

Source : Slavoj Žižek, Slavoj Zizek (2011). “Living in the End Times”, p.4, Verso
“Where does rain come from? It comes from all the dirty water that evaporates from the earth, like urine and the water you throw out after washing your feet. Isn't it wonderful how the sky can take that dirty water and change it into pure, clean water? Your mind can do the same with your defilements if you let it.”
“How do you regret one of the best nights of your entire life? You don't. You remember every word, every look. Even when it hurts, you still remember.”
“But what is now encompassed by the one word (â€œschoolâ€) are two very different kinds of institutions that, in function, finance and intention, serve entirely different roles. Both are needed for our nationâ€™s governance. But children in one set of schools are educated to be governors; children in the other set of schools are trained for being governed. The former are given the imaginative range to mobilize ideas for economic growth; the latter are provided with the discipline to do the narrow tasks the first group will prescribe.”

Source : Jonathan Kozol (2012). “Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools”, p.212, Broadway Books
“Teddy Roosevelt spoke softly and carried a big stick; Donald Trump speaks loudly and carries a big shtick.”

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