“I'm finding, as I get older, that I'm not much of a believer in redemption. I mean, I believe in redemption in real life - redemption does happen, and it's cool when it does - but I find myself getting leery of my desire for it in stories (especially my own).” BelieveMeanDoeRealStoriesHappensDesireI BelieveMy OwnFindingsI Believe InBelieverReal LifeRedemption Author:George Saunders
“The chief burden of the frustrated is the consciousness of a blemished, ineffectual self, and their chief desire is to slough off the unwanted self and begin a new life. They try to realize this desire either by finding a new identity or by blurring and camouflaging their individual distinctness; and both these ends are reached by imitation.” TryingEndsSelfDesireIndividualRealizingConsciousnessIdentityFindingsBurdenChiefsFrustratedImitationNew LifeUnwantedSlough Book:THE TRUE BELIEVER Source: THE TRUE BELIEVER
“I'm sure everyone feels sorry for the individual who has fallen by the wayside or who can't keep up in our competitive society, but my own compassion goes beyond that to those millions of unsung men and women, who get up every morning, send the kids to school, go to work, try to keep up the payments on their house, pay exorbitant taxes to make possible compassion for the less fortunate, and as a result have to sacrifice many of their own desires and dreams and hopes. Government owes them something better than always finding a new way to make them share the fruit of their toils with others.” MenWayFeelsTryingDreamGovernmentKidsSchoolDesireHouseIndividualMy OwnResultsPayCompassionMorningMillionsSacrificeShareTaxesFindingsMen And WomenFruitSorryGet UpFortunateFallenEvery MorningNew WaysToilPaymentSomething BetterLess Fortunate Author:Ronald Reagan
“There are always those who would put on armour and go into battle. but the real genius is in finding a way to get what you desire without dying for it.” WayRealDesireDyingGeniusBattleFindingsArmourReal Genius Author:Danielle Trussoni
“Friends such as we desire are dreams and fables, yet we never quite give up the hope of finding them.” GivingDreamDesireFriendsGiving UpFindingsNever QuitFables Author:Logan Pearsall Smith
“All governments use force and all assert that they are founded on reason. In fact, whether universal suffrage prevails or not, it is always an oligarchy that governs, finding ways to give to'the will of the people'the expression which the few desire.” PeopleWayGivingReasonFactsUseGovernmentDesireForceExpressionFindingsUniversalSuffrageOligarchyUniversal Suffrage Author:Vilfredo Pareto
“Finding God in all things is not an 'empirical eureka.' When we desire to encounter God, we would like to verify him immediately by an empirical method. But you cannot meet God this way...A contemplative attitude is necessary: it is the feeling that you are moving along the good path of understanding and affection toward things and situations. Profound peace, spiritual consolation, love of God, and love of all things in God-this is the sign that you are on this right path.” WayFeelingsWisdomSpiritualMovingDesireReligionUnderstandingAttitudeSituationPathHuman NatureFindingsAll ThingsAnd LoveMethodProfoundAffectionGod LoveEncountersConsolationRight PathContemplativeVerifyGod And LoveFinding God Author:Pope Francis