“A book is an attempt to make through permanent and to contribute to the great conversation conducted by authors of the past. […] The telegraph is suited only to the flashing of messages, each to be quickly replaced by a more up-to-date message. Facts push other facts into and then out of consciousness at speeds that neither permit nor require evaluation. (70)” BookFactsPastConsciousnessConversationMessagesSpeedPermanentPermitReplacedEvaluationTelegraphUp To Date Book:Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business Source: Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
“Consciousness and Healing To proceed very far through the desert, you must be willing to meet existential suffering and work it through. In order to do this, the attitude toward pain has to change. This happens when we accept the fact that everything that happens to us has been designed for our spiritual growth.” Has BeensFactsHappensPainSpiritualSufferingOrderGrowthHealingConsciousnessAttitudeAcceptingWillingDesertSpiritual GrowthWorking ItExistential Author:M. Scott Peck
“True philosophy must start from the most immediate and comprehensive fact of consciousness: "I am life that wants to live, in the midst of life that wants to live."” WantLifePhilosophyFactsConsciousnessMidstComprehensive Author:Albert Schweitzer