“If it is possible to have a linear unit that depends on no other quantity, it would seem natural to prefer it. Moreover, a mensural unit taken from the earth itself offers another advantage, that of being perfectly analogous to all the real measurements that in ordinary usage are also made upon the earth, such as the distance between two places or the area of some tract, for example. It is far more natural in practice to refer geographical distances to a quadrant of a great circle than to the length of a pendulum.” IfsMadeTwoRealSeemsEarthScienceNaturalPracticeTakenExampleDependsOffersOrdinaryAdvantageAreasDistanceDefinitionsCirclesLengthQuantityUnitsMeasurementLinearUsagePendulums Author:Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet
“Camp taste turns its back on the good-bad axis of ordinary aesthetic judgment. Camp doesn't reverse things. It doesn't argue that the good is bad, or the bad is good. What it does is to offer for art, and life, a different - a supplementary - set of standards.” DoeArtDifferentTurnsTasteOffersJudgmentStandardsOrdinaryArguingCampsAestheticReverseAxesArt And Life Book:A Susan Sontag reader Source: A Susan Sontag reader
“Coming out of the trance of denial is painful. But crises offer us opportunities to rethink our lives. The best thing about despair is that it wakes us up. We can see the world more clearly and open to new possibilities...And we can find new joy in the ordinary.” WorldJoyOpportunityOur LivesPossibilityOffersDespairOrdinaryCrisisPainfulDenialBest ThingsComing OutTranceNew Possibilities Author:Mary Pipher
“Poems offer us counter-knowledges. They let us see what is invisible to ordinary looking, and to find in overlooked corners the opulence of our actual lives. Similarly, we usually spend our waking hours trying to be sure of things - of our decisions, our ideas, our choices. We so want to be right. But we walk by right foot and left foot.” WantTryingIdeasChoicesLeftHoursDecisionWalksFeetOffersOrdinaryCornersInvisibleWakingOverlookedOur ChoicesOpulenceActual Life Author:Jane Hirshfield
“Philosophy... is indeed outrageous, inherently so. It seeks to disquiet the foundations of our lives and to offer us in recompense nothing better than itself- and this on the basis of no expert knowledge, of nothing closed to the ordinary human being, once... [one] lets himself or herself be informed by the process and ambition of philosophy.” HumansPhilosophyProcessHuman BeingsOur LivesOffersAmbitionOrdinaryBasesFoundationExpertsOutrageousRecompense Author:Stanley Cavell
“I think that those of us who are ordinary disappear easily into the backdrop of life and we take things for granted. We often wake up in our lives and wonder how we got there. But the characters I create, the people I am drawn to, are quite extraordinary (and not always in wholesome ways), and they offer us the chance to understand who we really are and how we became who we are.” PeopleThinkingWayCharacterChanceWonderOur LivesOffersOrdinaryWake UpExtraordinaryDisappearGrantedWho We AreBackdropTaking Things For Granted Author:Chris Abani
“At that elusive moment when we transcend our ordinary performance and feel in harmony with something else-whether it's a glorious sunset, inspiring music or another human being-our studies have shown that what we are really coming in sync with is ourselves. Not only do we feel more relaxed and at peace, but this entrained state increases our ability to perform well and offers numerous health benefits.” FeelsHumansWellsStatesMomentsHuman BeingsAbilityMusicStudyOffersBenefitsOrdinaryPerformancesIncreaseHarmonyGloriousSunsetRelaxedElusiveSyncHealth Benefits Author:Doc Childre
“The Yoga Sutras offers a clear roadmap for the evolution of consciousness from ordinary states of awareness such as waking, dreaming, and sleeping - to higher states of consciousness.” StatesDreamSleepConsciousnessClearAwarenessEvolutionHigherOffersOrdinaryYogaWakingStates Of ConsciousnessYoga Sutra Author:Deepak Chopra
“What I think the appeal of the [Donald] Trump program has been is that it offers some kind of concrete, specific, historically rooted, a familiar image of how ordinary Americans, regular Americans can earn their living.” ThinkingKindHas BeensTrumpOffersOrdinaryProgramFamiliarAppealsConcreteRooted Author:Judy Woodruff
“I know that she deserves the best and purest love the heart of man can offer," said Mrs. Maylie; "I know that the devotion and affection of her nature require no ordinary return, but one that shall be deep and lasting.” KnowsMenHeartSaidReturnOffersOrdinaryDeserveAffectionDevotionLastingDeserve The Best Book:Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated)