“I think of the irony that in our language [Nepali] the word for love can also mean deceit.” ThinkingMeanLanguageIronyDeceit Author:Jane Wilson-Howarth
“It is the specialist's task to talk about means, about centimeters. An artist's task is to talk about the goal, about kilometers, thousands of kilometers. The organizing role of art consists of infecting the reader, of arousing him with pathos or irony -- the cathode and anode in literature. But irony that is measured in centimeters is pathetic, and centimeter-sized pathos is ridiculous. No one can be carried away by it. To stir the reader, the artist must speak not of means but of ends, of the great goal toward which mankind is moving.” InspirationalMeanArtEndsMovingArtistLiteratureSpeakGoalRolesMankindReaderTasksRidiculousIronyPatheticSpecialistsCarried AwayPathos Author:Yevgeny Zamyatin
“It's an irony that growing inequality could mean more money for philanthropy. In the US, quite a few of the ultra-rich have taken to heart the 19th century industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie's comment that it's a disgrace to die wealthy.” HeartMeanDiesRichTakenGrowingCenturyInequalityIronyWealthyCommentMore MoneyPhilanthropyDisgrace19th CenturyAndrewPhilanthropistUltrasCarnegie Author:Geoff Mulgan