“I would rather have strong enemies than a world of passive individualists. In a world of passive individualists nothing seems worth anything simply because nobody stands for anything. That world has no convictions, no victories, no unions, no heroism, no absolutes, no heartbeat. That world has rigor mortis.” WorldSeemsStrongEnemyVictoryAbsolutesUnionsConvictionHeroismPassiveHeartbeatRigorRigor Mortis Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“The only and absolute perfect union of two is when a baby hangs suspended in its mother's womb, like a tiny madman in a padded cell, attached to her, feeling her blood and hormones, and moods play through its body, feeling her feelings.” TwoPlayFeelingsBodyMotherPerfectBloodBabyAbsolutesUnionsTinyMoodCellsWombMadmenHormonesSuspended Book:A Natural History of Love: Author of the National Bestseller A Natural History of the Senses Source: A Natural History of Love: Author of the National Bestseller A Natural History of the Senses
“For a small open economy that trades mostly with the euro zone it makes absolute sense to be part of the currency union. Our currency has already pegged to the euro since 2002. We don't have an independent monetary policy. We are regulated by the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, but we are not able to reap all the profits. Our businesses want to save the transaction costs.” WantAbleEconomyPolicyCostAbsolutesIndependentTradeUnionsProfitZoneCurrencyReapMonetaryTransactionsEuroCentral BanksMonetary PolicyFrankfurt Author:Dalia Grybauskaite
“If devotion to the Blessed Virgin is necessary for all men simply to work out their salvation, it is even more necessary for those who are called to a special perfection. I do not believe that anyone can acquire intimate union with our Lord and perfect fidelity to the Holy Spirit without a very close union with the most Blessed Virgin and an absolute dependence on her support.” IfsMenBelieveChristianSpiritPerfectLordSupportSpecialHolyPerfectionAbsolutesBlessedSalvationUnionsWork OutDevotionIntimateHoly SpiritAcquireDependenceVirginsOur LordFidelityHoly Mary Author:Louis de Montfort
“Loneliness is the fundamental force that urgees mystics to a deeper union with God... An experience of God quenches this thirst for the absolute but at the same time, paradoxiacally, whets it, because this is an experience that can never be total; by necessity, the knowledge of God is always partial. So loneliness opens up mystics to a desire to love each other and every human being as God loves them.” HumansDesireForceHuman BeingsLonelinessAbsolutesFundamentalsUnionsDeeperGod LoveThirstLove Each OtherKnowledge Of GodQuench Author:Jean Vanier
“When the problems in Libya started, the African Union set up a committee to address the situation. We urgently advised the Europeans not to intervene. You have done so anyway. Now we are seeing absolute chaos there.” DoneProblemSituationSeeingAbsolutesUnionsChaosAddressesCommitteesLibyaAfrican Union Author:Yoweri Museveni
“We should have absolute control over our borders. If we want cheap labor to depress wages and disempower the unions, then we could have guest workers. But we have to face that issue. What is it that we want to do? Rather than not facing it, and having porous borders, and the effect is that it disempowers the unions.” IfsWantShouldFacesIssuesEffectsLaborShould HaveAbsolutesUnionsWorkersBordersGuestsDepressingWagesCheap Labor Author:Mark Helprin
“Jeremy Corbyn couldn't have won without Labour changing its leadership election rules in 2014, but which more importantly got rid of the electoral college that had given MPs a third of the say over who leads the party. That's why Diane Abbott came last when she ran for leader in 2010, even though in the absolute number of votes she came third out of five. It's one of those wonderful historical ironies that the change to the rules was a victory for the Labour right, the result of a push back against the unions who had been asserting themselves more forcefully within the party.” LastsGivenResultsPartyNumbersLeaderFiveWonderfulCollegeVictoryVoteThirdsAbsolutesElectionUnionsHistoricalIronyRanLabourElectoral CollegeMps Author:Alex Nunns