“The bombs held in current nuclear arsenals are seventy times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Nagasaki. If we don't begin opposing the drift towards more and more of them, we will live in the shadow of the mushroom cloud for the rest of our lives - and millions may die there.” IfsMayDiesPowerfulMillionsOur LivesShadowCloudsCurrentsNuclearBombsSeventiesOpposingArsenalMushrooms Author:Johann Hari
“I can say that the happiest period of my life has been since I emerged from the shadows and superstitions of the old theologies, relieved from all gloomy apprehensions of the future, satisfied that as my labors and capacities were limited to this sphere of action, I was responsible for nothing beyond my horizon, as I could neither understand nor change the condition of the unknown world. Giving ourselves, then, no trouble about the future, let us make the most of the present, and fill up our lives with earnest work here.” WorldGivingHas BeensI CanActionOur LivesTroubleAtheismConditionsPeriodsShadowCapacityLaborResponsiblePositive AtheismSatisfiedTheologyHorizonSpheresSuperstitionsEarnestApprehensionGloomyRelievedUnknown Worlds Author:Elizabeth Cady Stanton
“It is the same for all men. None of us can escape this shadow of the father, even if that shadow fills us with fear, even if it has no name or face. To be worthy of that man, to prove something to that man, to exorcise the memory of that man from every corner of our life--however it affects us, the shadow of that man cannot be denied.” IfsMenFacesFatherNamesMemoriesOur LivesProveShadowCornersWorthyDenied Book:Letters to My Son: A Father's Wisdom on Manhood, Life, and Love Source: Letters to My Son: A Father's Wisdom on Manhood, Life, and Love
“Strangely enough we strengthen love in ourselves when we raise into consciousness the shadow side of our lives. Conversely, when we keep negative feelings out of sight, they smother the love that seems to lie deeper and closer to the real self. This is probably why there is so much pain in not loving. The life that is not able to express the love which is so integral to it grows deformed.” RealSelfEnoughFeelingsSeemsAblePainLyingGrowsSidesConsciousnessOur LivesShadowNegativeSightRaisesDeeperReal SelfNegative FeelingsShadow Side Author:Elizabeth O'Connor
“Truth and fact are old-fashioned and out-of-date, my friends, fit only for the dull and vulgar to live by. Appearance, not reality, is what the clever dog grasps at in these clever days. We spurn the dull-brown solid earth; we build our lives and homes in the fair-seeming rainbow-land of shadow and chimera.” FactsHomeRealityEarthOur LivesLandDogFitMy FriendsShadowFairsAppearanceCleverDullBrownLive ByRainbowOld FashionedVulgarSeemingChimera Book:Clocks Source: Clocks
“I believe in the invisible. I do not believe in the definitive reality of things around us. For me, reality is the intuition and the imagination and the quiet voice inside my head that says: isn't that extraordinary? The things in our lives are the shadows of reality, just as we ourselves are shadows.” BelieveRealityI BelieveVoiceImaginationOur LivesQuietShadowExtraordinaryI Believe InIntuitionInvisibleQuiet Voice Author:Duane Michals
“Stop being frightened. You only see a monster because they want you to see monsters everywhere. They've conditioned you to look for monsters in every shadow, every coat hung on every door. As long as we keep seeing monsters, we'll continue to need protection and that's how other people get to control our lives.” PeopleWantNeedsLooksLongOur LivesSeeingDoorsShadowProtectionMonstersFrightenedHungCoats Author:Grant Morrison