"We are still waging Peloponnesian wars. Our control of the material world and our positive science have grown fantastically. But our very achievements turn against us, making politics more random and wars more bestial."

-- George Steiner

#War Quotes #Achievement Quotes #World Quotes

“Opening to the sacred, we transform our vision of ourselves.”

Source : Stephanie Dowrick (2011). “Seeking the Sacred: Transforming Our View of Ourselves and One Another”, p.89, ReadHowYouWant.com
“My father was a railroad man his entire life; 43 years for Southern Railroad.”
“It doesn't hurt to look 75 to 100 years out, That's a gift to future generations.”
“I can no more understand the totality of God than the pancake I made for breakfast understands the complexity of me”
“The steward, according to custom, had stopped all the clocks. This, in the language of Narouz, said, "Your stay with us is so brief, let us not be reminded of the flight of the hours. God made eternity. Let us escape from the despotism of time altogether." These ancient and hereditary politenesses filled Nessim with emotion.”
“I'm not a philanthropist. While I care about the poor, the issue of local or global poverty doesn't keep me up at night.”
“I donâ€™t remember most of the injuries, there have been too many.”
“Apollo without Dionysus may indeed be a well-informed, good citizen but he's a dull fellow. He may even be 'cultured,' in the sense one often gets from traditionalist writings in education. . . . But without Dionysus he will never make and remake a culture.”

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