“Christ himself came down and took possession of me. . . I had never foreseen the possibility of that, of a real contact, person to person, here below, between a human being and God. . . in this sudden possession of me by Christ, neither my sense nor my imagination had any part: I only felt in the midst of my suffering the presence of a love.” HumansPersonsRealSufferingFeltChristImaginationHuman BeingsChristianityPossibilityDown AndPossessionContactMidstMy ImaginationChristian LoveForeseen Book:The Simone Weil Reader Source: The Simone Weil Reader
“We're always going to be a society that's going to slow down and look at the wreck on the side if the road if there is one. We're always going to do that because it's still fascinating and it's human nature.” IfsHumansLooksStillsSidesHuman NatureDown AndFascinatingSlow DownWrecks Author:George Clooney
“I'm interested only in expressing basic human emotions. And the fact that a lot of people break down and cry when confronted with my pictures shows that I can communicate these basic human emotions.” PeopleHumansI CanFactsShowsEmotionBreakCryDown AndCommunicateBreaking DownHuman EmotionsExpressing Emotions Author:Mark Rothko
“What we are accustomed to decry as great social evils, will, for the most part, be found to be only the out-growth of our own perverted life; and though we may endeavor to cut them down and extirpate them by means of law, they will only spring up again with fresh luxuriance in some other form, unless the conditions of human life and character are radically improved.” HumansMayMeanCharacterFormLawEvilFoundSocialGrowthCuttingConditionsSpringDown AndHuman LifeEndeavorAccustomedSocial Evils Book:Self-help Source: Self-help