“In a democracy it is ultimately for us, the citizens, to judge where to place the balance between security and privacy, safety and liberty. It's our lives and liberties that are threatened, not only by terrorism but also by massive depredations of our privacy in the name of counter-terrorism. If those companies from which governments actually take most of our intimate details want to show that they are still on the side of the angels, they had better join this struggle for transparency too.” IfsWantStillsShowsGovernmentNamesSidesCompanyLibertyStruggleDemocracyOur LivesSecurityJudgingBalanceCitizensAngelSafetyDetailsTerrorismIntimatePrivacyMassiveThreatenedTransparencyCounter Terrorism Author:Timothy Garton Ash
“Some time in our lives every man and woman of us, putting out our hands toward the stars, touch on either side our prison walls the immutable limitations of temperament” MenHandsStarsSidesOur LivesWallMen And WomenPrisonEvery ManLimitationTemperamentPrison Walls Author:Margaret Deland
“I think there is a complicated side effect to overcoming evil in that we are forever changed by it. I think after we ingest some of the cruelty of the world, it takes years off of our lives, but it also gives us wisdom and a little grace, hopefully a sense of compassion.” ThinkingWorldGivingYearsLittlesEvilSidesCompassionForeverGraceOur LivesEffectsChangedOvercomingComplicatedCrueltyHopefullySide EffectsOvercoming Evil Author:Adam Rapp
“If dragons were common, and you could look at one in the zoo - but zebras were a rare legendary creature that had finally been decided to be mythical - then there's a certain sort of person who would ignore dragons, who would never bother to look at dragons, and chase after rumors of zebras. The grass is always greener on the other side of reality. Which is rather setting ourselves up for eternal disappointment, eh? If we cannot take joy in the merely real, our lives shall be empty indeed.” IfsLooksPersonsRealRealityJoyCertainSidesCommonOur LivesCreaturesEternalEmptyDecidedDisappointmentSettingSettingsBotherGrassDragonsRumorZoosLegendaryGreenerZebrasGrass Is Always GreenerGreener On The Other Side Author:Eliezer Yudkowsky
“I was lucky enough to have had great success early on in life; to have had all the things the material world can offer. And yet, I realized that what I had actually neglected was the more spiritual side of myself, which has always been there. But it's easy for us in our culture to become consumed in a sense by materialism. Now materialism is fine. We live in a material world. I'm not saying that beautiful things don't enhance our lives. But, in our culture, we're never happy.” WorldEnoughBeautifulSpiritualCultureEasySidesOur LivesMaterialsFineOffersLuckyI RealizedMaterialismBeautiful ThingsConsumedNeglectedGreat SuccessMaterial World Author:Tom Ford
“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
“Humans have a light side and a dark side, and it's up to us to choose which way we're going to live our lives. Even if you start out on the dark side, it doesn't mean you have to continue your journey that way. You always have time to turn it around.” IfsWayHumansMeanLightTurnsSidesDarkOur LivesJourneyDark Side Author:Taraji P. Henson
“Evil is real - and powerful. It has to be fought, not explained away, not fled. And God is against evil all the way. So each of us has to decide where we stand, how we're going to live our lives. We can try to persuade ourselves and wink at evil. We can say that it isn't so bad after all, maybe even try to call it fun by clothing it in silks and velvets. We can compromise with it, keep quiet about it , and say it's none of our business. Or we can work on God's side, listen for His orders on strategy against the evil, no matter how horrible it is, and know that He can transform it.” KnowsWayTryingRealMatterOrderEvilFunSidesPowerfulOur LivesQuietStrategyHorribleCompromiseClothingsSilkVelvetChristy Huddleston Author:Catherine Marshall
“We plan our lives in long, unbroken stretches that intersect our dreams the way highways connect the city dots on a road map. But in the end we learn that life is lived in the side roads, alleys, and detours.” WayLongEndsDreamLife IsSidesCitiesOur LivesPlansMapsOur DreamsHighwaysDotsAlleysUnbrokenDetoursRoad Maps Book:Miles to Go: The Second Journal of the Walk Series Source: Miles to Go: The Second Journal of the Walk Series
“It's important to have a spiritual side because tomorrow's no promise to us. We have to pay homage to our saviour and put him in our life more because, without him, you don't know where you're going to go.” KnowsImportantSpiritualSidesPayOur LivesTomorrowPromiseSaviourHomage Author:Raekwon