“I believe that a country's first duty is to set its own house in order; and having set its own house in order, it can contribute better to the community of the world. Instead of being a weak link, it should be a strong link.” WorldShouldFirstsBelieveCountryOrderHouseStrongI BelieveCommunityDutyWeakLinksCooperation Author:George Cadle Price
“We don't seek the painful experiences that hew our identities, but we seek our identities in the wake of painful experiences. We cannot bear a pointless torment, but we can endure great pain if we believe that it's purposeful. Ease makes less of an impression on us than struggle. We could have been ourselves without our delights, but not without the misfortunes that drive our search for meaning. 'Therefore, I take pleasure in infirmities,' St. Paul wrote in Second Corinthians, 'for when I am weak, then I am strong.'” IfsBelieveHas BeensMotivationalPainStrongPleasureStruggleIdentityBearsWeakEndurePainfulDelightImpressionEaseMisfortunesTormentCould Have BeenPointlessSearch For MeaningInfirmityI Am StrongCorinthiansPainful Experiences Author:Andrew Solomon
“Heresy is what the minority believe; it is the name given by the powerful to the doctrines of the weak.” BelieveReligionNamesGivenPowerfulPowerWeakIndependenceDoctrineMinoritiesHeresy Book:Heretics and Heresies: From 'The Gods and Other Lectures' Source: Heretics and Heresies: From 'The Gods and Other Lectures'
“Where our knowledge of beauty harmonizes with the ludus naturae, sorcery begins.No, not spoon-bending or horoscopy, not the Golden Dawn or make-believe shamanism, astral projection or the Satanic Mass--if it's mumbo jumbo you want go for the real stuff, banking, politics, social science--not that weak blavatskian crap.” IfsWantBelieveRealSocialStuffMassWeakGoldenDawnCrapBankingProjectionSpoonsMake BelieveSatanicSocial ScienceBendingShamanismSorceryReal Stuff Author:Hakim
“I do believe you have a wound too. I do believe it is both specific to you and common to everyone. I do believe it is the thing about you that must be hidden and protected, it is the thing that must be tap danced over five shows a day, it is the thing that won't be interesting to other people if revealed. It is the thing that makes you weak and pathetic. It is the thing that truly, truly, truly makes loving you impossible. It is your secret, even from yourself. But it is the thing that wants to live.” PeopleIfsWantBelieveShowsInterestingCommonSecretFiveImpossibleWeakWoundsProtectedPatheticLoving You Author:Charlie Kaufman
“I think that if there were a God, there would be less evil on this earth. I believe that if evil exists here below, then either it was willed by God or it was beyond His powers to prevent it. Now I cannot bring myself to fear a God who is either spiteful or weak. I defy Him without fear and care not a fig for his thunderbolts.” IfsThinkingBelieveWould BeCareEarthEvilI BelieveWeakGod ExistsFigsSpitefulThunderbolts Book:The Misfortunes of Virtue and Other Early Tales Source: The Misfortunes of Virtue and Other Early Tales