“Our ideas must agree with realities, be such realities concrete or abstract, be they facts or be they principles, under penalty of endless inconsistency and frustration.” IdeasFactsRealityPrinciplesAgreeEndlessAbstractFrustrationConcretePenaltiesInconsistency Book:Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking Source: Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking
“Regarding the idea of race, .. no agreement seems to exist about what race means. Race seems to embody a fact as simple and as obvious as the noonday sun, but if that is so, why the endless wrangling about the idea and the facts of race. What is a race? How can it be recognized? Who constitute the several races?.” IfsMeanIdeasFactsSeemsSimpleRaceSunObviousEndlessAgreementWrangling Author:Jacques Barzun
“Man seldom questions the fact that ugliness and evil are to be found in the world. But he's never as ready to accept that life also offers unlimited beauty and potential for joy as well as endless opportunities for pleasure.” MenWorldWellsFactsJoyEvilFoundOpportunityPleasureAcceptingReadyOffersEndlessUnlimitedUglinessEndless Opportunities Book:Love Source: Love
“Dogmas take endless forms, and when you can persuade different people to hold opposing dogmas, the manipulation of conflict and control through "divide and rule" becomes easy. It is happening today in the same way - more so, in fact - as it has throughout human history.” PeopleWayHumansDifferentFactsTodayFormEasyConflictHappeningsEndlessManipulationDividesDogmaHuman HistoryDifferent PeoplesOpposing Book:--and the Truth Shall Set You Free Source: --and the Truth Shall Set You Free
“The Soul is a fact, but it is not physical. ... Survivors of near-death experiences attest that some part of them apparently detaches from their physical bodies following the death of the body, but while that is proof of the soul for them, it does not prove it to us. The Soul is like divine music that only God can hear; it is the force of endless resurrection; the soul is like a fire that never goes out.” DoeSoulFactsBodyForceFireDivineProveFollowingProofEndlessSurvivorResurrectionProve ItPhysical BodyNear DeathNear Death Experience Author:Caroline Myss