“We’re living in an acquisitive capitalist society that is fundamentally anti-family and fundamentally uncomfortable with just enjoying being human. We’d rather shop than live, acquire than love and stare into a screen than hold each other.” LoveLifeHumansEnjoyFamilySocietyDirectorsCapitalismScreensLive LifeStaringUncomfortableAcquireShopsShoppingCapitalistBeing HumanLiving My LifeEnjoy LifeScreenwritersHolding Hands Author:Frank Schaeffer
“as we acquire new aches and new pains, our health care is, of necessity, being supplied by internists, cardiologists, dermatologists, podiatrists, urologists, periodontists, gynecologists and psychiatrists, from all of whom we want a second opinion. We want a second opinion that says, don't worry, you are going to live forever.” WantLifeCarePainOpinionWorryForeverHealthHealth CareAcquireAchePsychiatristLive ForeverGynecologistsCardiologist Author:Judith Viorst
“Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination. Learning to suspend your imagination and live completely in the very second of the present with no before and no after is the greatest gift a soldier can acquire.” LifeWarAgeDeathImaginationAbilityLearningMilitaryExcellenceSoldierAcquireCowardicePanicDistinguishedGreatest Gifts Author:Ernest Hemingway
“People who acquire things beyond their usefulness not only will derive little or no marginal gains from these acquisitions, but they also will experience negative consequences, as with any form of gluttony.” PeopleLifeLittlesFormGrowthConsequenceGainsNegativePersonal GrowthInvestingAcquireAcquisitionUsefulnessGluttonyNegative Consequences Author:Ray Dalio
“It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.” IfsLifeInspirationalWarLawPoliticalReligionAtheismHumilityIndependenceAcquireCreedsCultSectsPolitical PowerTrue ReligionReligion And PoliticsTruismReligion Politics Book:Revolt in 2100 Source: Revolt in 2100