"For this feeling of wonder shows that you are a philosopher, since wonder is the only beginning of philosophy."

-- Plato

#Life Quotes #Philosophy Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“A good song receives love forever.”
“That’s what she was, Joanna felt suddenly. That’s what they all were, all the Stepford wives: actresses in commercials, pleased with detergents and floor wax, with cleansers, shampoos, and deodorants. Pretty actresses, big in the bosom but small in the talent, playing housewives unconvincingly, too nicey-nice to be real.”

Source : Ira Levin (1972). “The Stepford Wives: A Novel”, Random House Incorporated
“I'm against the theory of the multinational corporations who say if you are against hunger you must be for GMO. That's wrong, there is plenty of natural, normal good food in the world to nourish the double of humanity. There is absolutely no justification to produce genetically modified food except the profit motive and the domination of the multinational corporations.”

Source : "The global power shift". TED conference, www.ted.com. December 2011.
“All the keys to joy can be reduced to these two. Laugh but at no one's expense and love but without expectation.”
“Those of us raised in the Christian tradition need to choose to either see God in Jesus or to continue to let the Bible define God. Our tradition says that Jesus is God. Maybe we should act as if we think he is instead of worshipping a book. Maybe we should be brave enough to admit that we are compelled to either become blinded ideologues or we need to forthrightly pick and choose what we follow in the Bible. Most Christians do that anyway, many just donâ€™t admit it.”
“It's easy to explain away evil. We have a free choice, and our greatest blessing is also our greatest curse, because I don't always make good choices. Other people make bad choices. I make bad choices. And sometimes we hurt other people. Sometimes intentionally, sometimes unintentionally.”
“I lived in Norway and Texas when I was a kid.”
“In the last resort, sheer insight is the greatest asset of all.”

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