"Art and morality are, with certain provisosâ€¦one. Their essence is the same. The essence of both of them is love. Love is the perception of individuals. Love is the extremely difficult realization that something other than oneself is real. Love, and so art and morals, is the discovery of reality."

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Source : 1959 'The Sublime and the Good'.

Iris Murdoch

#Art Quotes #Real Quotes #Love Is Quotes

“There are not as many women who support the national defense budget now as men. I really think there is a gender gap in the support for the large expenditures that are necessary to modernize the force.”
“Don't be afraid. Human birth is full of suffering and one has to endure everything patiently, taking the Name of God. None, not even God in human form can escape the sufferings of the body and mind.”

Source : "Thus Spake the Holy Mother" by Sarada Devi, (pp. 72-73), 1985.
“People come up with resolutions that donâ€™t reflect what matters most to them, and that makes them almost guaranteed to fail.”
“Insanity is hereditary; you get it from your children.”
“Necessity gives the law and does not itself receive it.”
“The round towers of the castles looked as if they were so firmly encrusted in the sky that, to get to their other side, one would have to hew out a passage through the celestial marble.”

Source : Hope Mirrlees (2012). “Lud-in-the-Mist”, p.62, F+W Media, Inc.
“She always set three alarms for fear that the first employees to arrive would discover her sleeping - a Goldilocks without her bears”
“Not only is homosexuality a sin, but anyone who supports ***** is just as guilty as they are. You are both worthy of death.”

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