I Quotes
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“In a crisis, the inevitable suffering that life entails can rapidly make a mockery of the idea that happiness is the proper pursuit of the individual. On the radio show, I suggested, instead, that a deeper meaning was required. I noted that the nature of such meaning was constantly re-presented in the great stories of the past, and that it had more to do with developing character in the face of suffering than with happiness.”
Source: 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
“In a crisis the true facts are whatever other people say they are.”
Source: White Noise
“In a crisis, time was always the enemy.”
Source: Back Channel
“In a crisis, don't hide behind anything or anybody. They're going to find you anyway.”
“In a crisis, give help first and then advice.”
“In a crisis, my family puts aside all its petty differences and hatreds... Because a crisis, is a perfect opportunity to create *new* petty differences and hatreds! My dad's from that era when you lived to 50, your heart exploded and that was that. You know when you cook bacon and you pour the grease into the can? My dad's the can!”
“In a crisis, stocks of financial companies are great investments, because the tide is bound to turn. Massive losses on bad loans and soured investments are irrelevant to value; improving trends and future prospects are what matter, regardless of whether profits will have to be used to cover loan losses and equity shortfalls for years to come.”
“In a crisis, the man worth his salt is the man who meets the needs of the situation in whatever way is necessary.”
Source: The Rough Riders: An Autobiography
“In a crisis, we will destroy exactly the weapons. Russia will never again fight on its own territory .”
“In a critical sense, doing nothing can mean doing something. Inaction can be action and embracing this paradox can save your life.”
Source: The Survivors Club: The secrets and science that could save your life
“In a cross-cultural study of 173 societies (by Herbert Barry and L. M. Paxson of the University of Pittsburgh) 76 societies typically had mother and infant sharing a bed; in 42 societies they shared a room but not a bed; and in the remaining 55 societies they shared a room with a bed unspecified. There were no societies in which infants routinely slept in a separate room.”
“In a crowd do not lose your individuality, and in your individuality do not lose the crowd.”
“In a crowd men always tend to the same level, and, on general questions, a vote, recorded by forty academicians is no better than that of forty water-carriers.”
Source: The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind
“in a crowd of roses, choose to be a sunflower.
thornless. unwithering. abundant in seeds”
“In a crowd, on a journey, at a banquet even, a line of thought can itself provide its own seclusion.”
“In a crowded educational landscape, branding serves as a beacon, guiding stakeholders towards a school that resonates with their values, aspirations, and educational needs.”
“In a crowded marketplace, fitting in is a failure. In a busy marketplace, not standing out is the same as being invisible.”
Source: Purple Cow, New Edition: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable--Includes new bonus chapter
“In a crowded room my soul would still feel it's way to you. All we need to do is thank fate for putting us there.”
“In a cruel land, you either learned to laugh at cruelty or spent your life weeping.”
Source: A Crown of Swords: Book Seven of 'The Wheel of Time'
“In a cruel world kindness is certainly an unsafe virtue”
“In a cruel world, who else do the poorest have to harass other than the kind ones? They are left with no other options.”
“In a crunch a man's reputation never counts for as much as it ought to.”
Source: Lightning
“In a crystal we have clear evidence of the existence of a formative life principle, and though we cannot understand the life of a crystal, it is nonetheless a living being”
Source: The Tesla Papers
“In a crystalline corner of your heart, keep a Smile for the days gone by.
To every soul, who is wondering how is Life passing by, and somehow feel suffocated in a long lost world of words and thoughts, Remember every flower blooms at its own time.
Whatever it is that you wish to accomplish, remember that it takes Time and an immense amount of energy and will power to make that happen. Most people don't even find it conducive to dream, let alone following it. Some settle down with what Life throws at them, while some opt for the lesser options that suit their needs. But the ones, who burn with their dreams, who hold on to that invisible yet palpable string of Faith, eventually always find what they seek, because the truth is what you're seeking is already yours. Until then, don't mind about the Time, because Time has a way of Smiling back in a garland of moments and memories.
And if you're ever faced with a question on losing Time and not settling down (in love or career or anything of Life) like the majority of folk around, remind yourself what you seek, embrace your Soul and walk on to rise in your chosen path.
You haven't lost Time, you have just not found your Season yet.
Until then, water the root of your Soul with the Sunshine of Kindness & Grace.
Love & Light, always
- Debatrayee”
“In a cult intervention information is presented about the group that the member is most often not aware of.”
“In a culture defined by shades of gray, I think the absolute black and white choices in dark young adult novels are incredibly satisfying for readers.”
“In a culture gone increasingly rogue, it has become apparent that our actions are designed to bypass the questions whose answers would invalidate those actions. And are we naïve enough to believe that because we bypass the questions, the questions will not eventually answer themselves at our expense?”
“In a culture in which interpersonal relationships are generally considered to provide the answer to every form of distress, it is sometimes difficult to persuade well-meaning helpers that solitude can be as therapeutic as emotional support.”
Source: Solitude a Return to the Self
“In a culture of diversity, one group is likely not "just like everyone else." To deny that we have different needs, concerns, thought processes, worldview, is to refuse to look at the reason we are supposedly an identifiable community.”
Source: Polyamory: Roadmaps for the Clueless & Hopeful
“In a culture of domination, preoccupation with victimage is inevitable.”
“In a culture of electronic violence, images that once caused us to empathize with the pain and trauma of another human being, excite a momentary adrenaline rush. To be numb to another's pain - to be acculturated to violence - is one of the worst consequences our technological advances. That indifference transfers from the screen, TV, film, Internet, and electronic games to our everyday lives.”
“In a culture of technique, we often confuse authority with power, but the two are not the same. Power works from the outside in, but authority works from the inside out. . . . I am painfully aware of the times in my own teaching when I lose touch with my inner teacher and therefore with my own authority. In those times I try to gain power by barricading myself behind the podium and my status while wielding the threat of grades. . . . Authority comes as I reclaim my identity and integrity, remembering my selfhood and my sense of vocation.”
“In a culture so divided, we can find comfort knowing that inside we're all created of the exact same energy. Spirituality is the great equalizer--anyone can tap into it anytime and anywhere.”
Source: Trust Your Animal Instincts: Recharge Your Life & Ignite Your Power
“In a culture that gives men irresponsible power and women powerless responsibility, the advancement of civilization cannot be a serious goal.”
Source: American Mom: Motherhood, Politics, and Humble Pie
“In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive.”
“In a culture where profit has become the true God, self-sacrifice can seem incomprehensible rather than noble.”
“In a culture where the brain is considered the center of consciousness, an unraveling brain is an unraveling self. To let the mentally unstable live in our midst is to face the fearful fragility of the ego. So we whisper our fears over their heads, driving them into the wilderness of the streets or locking them away where they can’t be seen. We let them pale into husks of
human beings, cut off from the mutual blood of society. Sometimes we toss them a coin; it’s a small price to pay for the relief of looking away.”
Source: The Sea Once Swallowed Me: A Memoir of Love, Solitude, and the Limits of Language
“In a culture where the possibility of wealth and the acquisition of things is so defining of success, we end up pursuing things that, even if we are successful, can never deliver what we envisioned they would. The reason riches become such a snare is because we end up evaluating life in mercenary terms and being seen by others in such terms, and life is just not so.”
“In a culture which holds the two-parent patriarchal family in higher esteem than any other arrangement, all children feel emotionally insecure when their family does not measure up to the standard. A utopian vision of the patriarchal family remains intact despite all the evidence which proves that the well-being of children is no more secure in the dysfunctional male-headed household than in the dysfunctional female-headed household. Children need to be raised in loving environments. Whenever domination is present love is lacking. Loving parents, be they single or coupled, gay or straight, headed by females or males, are more likely to raise healthy, happy children with sound self-esteem. In future feminist movement we need to work harder to show parents the ways ending sexism positively changes family life. Feminist movement is pro-family. Ending patriarchal domination of children, by men or women, is the only way to make the family a place where children can be safe, where they can be free, where they can know love”
Source: Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics
“In a culture whose already classical dilemma is the hypertrophy of the intellect at the expense of energy and sensual capability, interpretation is the revenge of the intellect upon art.”
Source: A Susan Sontag reader
“In a culture, manners are the lubrication that ease the frictions of social contacts.”
“In a cute relationship you will always have cutest fights without any reason”
“In A.D. 1223 an infant was born, clutching a jewel in her tiny fist. Her peasant father ran to the castle to bring back a priest, but by the time they returned to the hut, the jewel had disappeared. The priest declared that such would be the child's life: all good would slip through her fingers.
The years passed, and the girl's beauty became celebrated. Knights and kings journeyed far to gaze into her eyes before leaving her on their crusades. Women and children made pilgrimages to look upon her angelic face. All who saw her felt blessed.
But an ancient evil called the Atrox also saw her unearthly perfection and pursued her, offering her father great treasures if she would betroth it. The girl saw her father's poverty and agreed to the union, making only one request for herself--- that her beauty should last forever. The Atrox agreed, and she pledged her devotion for eternity.
A Follower of the Atrox came to take the young woman to the underworld, but when he saw her beauty and grace, he fell desperately in love with her and she, too, with him.
They tried to hide their love, but the Atrox saw through their deception. When the young woman stepped into the Cold Fire to receive immortality, instead of preserving her beauty for eternity, the flames consumed her flesh and bones, turning her into a wind spirit.
The knight could not endure life without her. The force of his love drove him across the world, searching for a sorceress with the power to restore her human form. As he was crossing the sea, a storm broke out and sent his ship off course to the island of Aeaea, where Circe, an ancient enchantress, lived. Circe gave him a magic potion. With it, his beloved could possess any body she desired.
Since then many young women have felt her presence and wondered afterward what made them act so wickedly, never understanding that for a brief time, the spirit of the wind had taken over their mind and soul.”
Source: Possession
“In a daily life, reach out to others with sacred act of saying ‘hello, a smile, word of encouragement….”
Source: Think Great: Be Great!
“In a dancehall in Kendal, I chased the bouncers out of the fucking dancehall, they were wearing white coats and they took these coats off, put them on the floor and jacked; Ginger Harris and me, we put the white coats on and took over for the night!”
Source: Street Warrior: The True Story of the Legendary Malcolm Price, Britain's Hardest Man
“In a dancer, there is a reverence for such forgotten things as the miracle of the small beautiful bones and their delicate strength.”
Source: Blood Memory
“In a dark and tumultuous place, know the storm will soon pass.”
Source: The Journey - The Victory
“In a dark moment I ask, "How can anyone bring a child into this world?" And the answer rings clear, "Because there is no other world, and because the child has no other way into it."”
“In a dark place we find ourselves, and a little more knowledge lights our way.”
“In a dark silent room
I sit all alone
Feeling only the pain and
With uncontrollable tears
The floral bed sheets I'm covered in
Fails to offer the warmth and comfort
I’m trapped
Underneath the blankets
Screaming and tormenting
I'm passing the nights”
Source: The Curved Rainbow