"Freedom is neither a legal invention nor a philosophical conquest, the cherished possession of civilizations more valid than others because they alone have been able to create or preserve it. It is the outcome of an objective relationship between the individual and the space he occupies, between the consumer and the resources at his disposal."

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Source : Claude Levi-Strauss (2012). “Tristes Tropiques”, p.145, Penguin

Claude Levi-Strauss

#Philosophical Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Space Quotes

“A few persons of an odious and despised country could not have filled the world with believers, had they not shown undoubted credentials from the divine person who sent them on such a message.”
“You achieve because you're lucky to work with people who are very talented.”
“No one has a corner on success. It is his who pays the price.”
“What was significant about the laughter . . . was not just the fact that it provides internal exercise for a person . . . form of jogging for the innards, but that it creates a mood in which the other positive emotions can be put to work, too.”
“As disciples of Christ, we have a sacred obligation to uphold His laws and commandments and the covenants which we take upon ourselves.”
“That in the winter, seeing a tree stripped of its leaves, and considering that within a little time, the leaves would be renewed, and after that the flowers and fruit appear, he received a high view of the Providence and Power of GOD, which has never since been effaced from his soul. That this view had perfectly set him loose from the world, and kindled in him such a love for GOD, that he could not tell whether it had increased in above forty years that he had lived since.”
“Side effect of overemphasizing the importance of personal security in your life is that it can cause you to live reactively.”
“What are these voices outside love's open door, make us throw off our contentment, and beg for something more?”

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