"We can only live changes: we cannot think our way to humanity. Every one of us, every group, must become the model of that which we desire to create."

-- Ivan Illich

#Thinking Quotes #Humanity Quotes #Desire Quotes

“The revolution taught me not to be consoled by other people's miseries, not to feel thankful because so many others had suffered more. Pain and loss, like love and joy, are unique and personal; they cannot be modified by comparison to others.”
“If Putin and those around him had been smart enough to go in a different direction... The country was ready. The conditions were extremely favorable - with oil prices as high as they were, it was possible to do anything. It was possible to solidify democracy. After the Yeltsin years people began to think that democracy is a disaster, that democracy equals misery. Putin got a lucky break - and he used it the KGB way. He turned out to be a wily KGB man, not a wise statesman.”

Source : Source: www.thedailybeast.com
“Hell came right along with God, hand in hand. The stink of sulfur swirled in the air of the church, fire burned in the aisles, and brimstone rained out of the rafters. From the evangelist's oven mouth spewed images of a place with pitchforks, and devils, and lakes of fire that burned forever. God had fixed a place like that because he loved us so much.”

Source : Harry Crews (1993). “Classic Crews: A Harry Crews Reader”, p.167, Simon and Schuster
“Something must happen; that is the reason for most human relationships. Something must happen; even servitude in love, in war, ordeath.”
“Reconciliation is not possible when one party asks the other to obliterate all signs of their relationship.”
“guys have feelings too. But like...who cares? -Inspirational poster”
“The condition of being forgiven is self-abandonment. The proud man prefers self-reproach, however painful --because the reproached self isn't abandoned; it remains intact.”
“. . . Harboring an emotion as powerful as gratitude has power of its own.”

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