“Basically, fundamentalism is a modern phenomenon. In the same way that Hitler evoked a mythological religion of German purity and the glory of the past, the Islamists use religion to evoke emotions and passions in people who have been oppressed for a long time in order to reach their purpose.” PeopleWayLongHas BeensUsePastPurposeOrderPassionEmotionModernLong TimeGloryPurityPhenomenonFundamentalismOppressedEvokeIslamists Author:Azar Nafisi
“There is only one inborn erroneous notion ... that we exist in order to be happy ... So long as we persist in this inborn error ... the world seems to us full of contradictions. For at every step, in great things and small, we are bound to experience that the world and life are certainly not arranged for the purpose of maintaining a happy existence ... hence the countenances of almost all elderly persons wear the expression of ... disappointment.” WorldPersonsLongSeemsPurposeOrderExistenceStepsExpressionErrorsNotionBoundsDisappointmentInsightGreat ThingsContradictionPersistMaintainingElderlyEvery StepCountenanceWorld And Life Author:Arthur Schopenhauer
“We have long observed that every neurosis has the result, and therefore probably the purpose, of forcing the patient out of real life, of alienating him from actuality.” LongRealPurposeResultsPatientReal LifeBeing RealNeuroticNeurosisActuality Book:General Psychological Theory: Papers on Metapsychology Source: General Psychological Theory: Papers on Metapsychology
“Prescription for Life-long Happiness: Purpose enough for satisfaction; Work enough for sustenance; Sanity enough to know when to play and rest; Wealth enough for basic needs; Affection enough to like many and love a few; Self-respect enough to love yourself; Charity enough to give to others in need; Courage enough to face difficulties; Creativity enough to solve problems; Humor enough to laugh at will; Hope enough to expect an interesting tomorrow; Gratitude enough to appreciate what you have; Health enough to enjoy life for all its worth.” KnowsInspirationalNeedsGivingLongSelfEnoughPlayProblemFacesPurposeEnjoyWealthInterestingCreativityLaughingLove YouTomorrowGratitudeAppreciateAnd LoveDifficultyCharityAffectionSatisfactionSolveSelf RespectSanityLove YourselfEnjoy LifeLong LifePrescriptionsSustenanceBasic NeedsAppreciate What You Have Author:Ernie J Zelinski
“We are trying to evoke and reinforce meanings from the spaces we cover and the times we're given. Short or long this becomes our purpose. What we artists do is important stuff.” TryingLongImportantPurposeArtistGivenStuffSpaceEvoke Author:Robert Genn
“Consular cards were not designed to be identification and no treaty recognizes them as such. Legal travelers, visitors and long-term residents carried passports, visas or green cards for that purpose.” LongPurposeTermGreenCardsLong TermTravelerTreatiesVisitorsIdentificationPassportsResidentsVisaGreen Card Author:Elton Gallegly
“What is there to understand? The significance of life? How long will it take to understand the significance and the meaning of life? 20 years? 30 years? And the same question will be here in another 20 years, I guarantee you. Until you stop asking that question. When that question is not there, you are there. So that's the reason why you keep asking the question: you do not want the question to come to an end. When that comes to an end, there will not be anybody, left there, to find out the meaning, the purpose and the significance of life.” WantYearsLongEndsReasonPurposeLeftAskingReason WhyMeaning Of LifeGuaranteesSignificanceSignificance Of Life Author:U.G. Krishnamurti
“The State is a collection of officials, different for difference purposes, drawing comfortable incomes so long as the status quo is preserved. The only alteration they are likely to desire in the status quo is an increase of bureaucracy and the power of bureaucrats.” LongDifferentStatesDesirePurposeDifferencesComfortableIncreaseDrawingIncomeOfficialsCollectionsBureaucracyStatus QuoBureaucratsAlterations Author:Bertrand Russell
“Hyper-selectionism has been with us for a long time in various guises; for it represents the late nineteenth century's scientific version of the myth of natural harmony all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds (all structures well designed for a definite purpose in this case). It is, indeed, the vision of foolish Dr. Pangloss, so vividly satirized by Voltaire in Candide the world is not necessarily good, but it is the best we could possibly have.” WorldWellsLongHas BeensPurposeNaturalVisionCasesCenturyLateLong TimeHarmonyStructureVariousMythFoolishVersionsDrsDefiniteNineteenth CenturyGuiseHyperCandide Book:The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History Source: The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History