“Perhaps the greatest lesson [Huxley] learned from reading Carlyle was that real religion, that emotive feeling for Truth and Beauty, could flourish in the absence of an idolatrous theology.” ThinkingRealFeelingsReadingLessonsAbsenceTheologyHuxleyTruth And Beauty Author:Adrian Desmond
“The best thing about science is that hard, empirical answers are always there if you look hard enough. The best thing about religion is that the very absence of that certainty is what requires - and gives rise to - deep feelings of faith.” IfsGivingLooksHardEnoughFeelingsAnswersAbsenceCertaintyBest ThingsDeep Feeling Author:Jeffrey Kluger
“If you complain of people being shot down in the streets, of the absence of communication or social responsibility, of the rise of everyday violence which people have become accustomed to, and the dehumanization of feelings, then the ultimate development on an organized social level is the concentration camp... The concentration camp is the final expression of human separateness and its ultimate consequence. It is organized abandonment.” PeopleIfsHumansFeelingsSocialLevelsResponsibilityViolenceStreetsExpressionCommunicationDevelopmentShotsConsequenceUltimateEverydayFinalsAbsenceComplainingOrganizedConcentrationCampsSocial ResponsibilityAccustomedAbandonmentConcentration CampSeparatenessDehumanization Author:Arthur Miller
“Grief is natural; the absence of all feeling is undesirable, but moderation in grief should be observed, as in the face of all good or evil.” ShouldFeelingsFacesEvilNaturalGriefAbsenceModerationUndesirable Author:Plutarch
“Pure love is the best medicine for the modern world. This is what is lacking in all societies. The root cause of all problems, from personal problems to global problems is the absence of love. Love is the binding factor, the unifying factor. Love creates the feeling of oneness among people. It unifies a nation and its people. Love creates a sense of unity while hatred causes division. Egotism and hatred cuts people's minds into pieces. Love should rule. There is no problem which love cannot solve.” PeopleWorldLoveShouldMindFeelingsProblemNationsCausesLove IsPiecesCuttingModernPureRootsHatredMedicineUnitySolveAbsenceFactorsOnenessDivisionLackingNo ProblemModern WorldEgotismBindingPure LoveUnifyingRoot CausePersonal Problems Book:Awaken Children Vol. 4 Source: Awaken Children Vol. 4
“The true opposite of depression is not gaiety or absence of pain, but vitality: the freedom to experience spontaneous feelings.” FeelingsPainDepressionOppositesAbsenceSpontaneousVitalityGaiety Book:The drama of the gifted child Source: The drama of the gifted child