“I accept that all photography is voyeuristic and exploitative, and obviously I live with my own guilt and conscience. It's part of the test and I don't have a problem with it.” ProblemMy OwnAcceptingPhotographyConscienceTestsGuilt Author:Martin Parr
“Here is the infallible test. Imagine yourself in a situation where you are alone, wholly alone on earth, and you are offered one of the two, books or men. I often hear men prizing their solitude but that is only because there are still men somewhere on earth even though in the far distance. I knew nothing of books when I came forth from the womb of my mother, and I shall die without books, with another human hand in my own. I do, indeed, close my door at times and surrender myself to a book, but only because I can open the door again and see a human being looking at me.” MenHumansStillsI CanTwoBookHandsEarthMotherDiesMy OwnHuman BeingsSituationImagineDoorsAtheismSolitudeTestsDistancePositive AtheismSurrenderWhere You AreWombBecause I CanInfallibleHuman HandsFar Distance Book:Pointing the way: collected essays. Edited and translated with an introd. by Maurice S. Friedman Source: Pointing the way: collected essays. Edited and translated with an introd. by Maurice S. Friedman
“I ... am endeavoring ... to attend to my own duty only as a Christian. ... let us take care that our Christianity, though put to the test ... be not shaken, and that our love for things really good wax not cold.” CareChristianMy OwnChristianityDutyColdTestsTake CareOur Love Author:William Samuel Johnson
“My own feminist revolution evolved slowly, and traveled the world with me. To this day I have no idea what dissident professor or librarian placed feminist tests on the bookshelves at the university library in Jeddah, but I found them there. They filled me with terror. I understood they were pulling at a thread that would unravel everything. Now that I am older, I can see that feeling terrified is how you recognize what you need. Terror encourages you to jump, even when you don't know if you will ever land.” IfsKnowsWorldNeedsI CanIdeasFeelingsFoundMy OwnLandRevolutionUnderstoodTestsFilledLibraryUniversityTerrorFeministNo IdeaThis DayProfessorsThreadPullingTraveledTerrifiedLibrarianBookshelvesDissidents Author:Mona Eltahawy
“My test for writing is always, is this fun or does it feel like a job? Is it moving me? Or am I just fulfilling my own expectations - or even worse, somebody else's?” FeelsWritingDoeJobsMovingFunMy OwnExpectationsTestsFulfilling Author:Jonathan Safran Foer