“But veteran lawmakers torn apart by PTSD don't have a choice about being Exhibit A in the case against Washington politics. When you see what can happen to a page or a junior congressman, it passes on in a very real way, not in a history-class sense, that reality of what political power really is, .. Who are we to impose this emotional albatross on public servants? As a nation, we pretend to elect our leaders. It seems unjust to make them a special class to suffer for our sins over wrongheaded laws, or pay a continuing emotional price for securing their future careers.” WayRealRealitySeemsHappensLawPoliticalSufferingChoicesNationsSinPayLeaderClassCareersCasesSpecialEmotionalPagesServantContinuingUnjustTornVeteranPtsdJuniorsExhibitsPolitical PowerCongressmanPublic ServantsLawmakersTorn ApartAlbatrossHistory ClassFuture Careers Author:Leon Kass
“Strength, strength is what the Upanishads speak to me from every page. This is the one great thing to remember, it has been the one great lesson I have been taught in my life; strength, it says, strength, O man, be not weak. Are there no human weaknesses? - says man. There are, say the Upanishads, but will more weakness heal them, would you try to wash dirt with dirt? Will sin cure sin, weakness cure weakness? Strength, O man, strength, say the Upanishads, stand up and be strong.” MenTryingHumansHas BeensMotivationalRememberSpeakStrongSinTaughtLessonsPagesWeaknessWeakHealGreat ThingsCuresDirtLife Strength Book:The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
“It's a sin for a writer to go looking for camels to put into his or her pages. I only want details that are the story.” WantStoriesSinPagesDetailsCamels Author:Richard Flanagan
“They all have tired mouths and bright seamless souls. And a longing (as for sin) sometimes haunts their dreams. They are almost all alike; in God's gardens they keep still, like many, many intervals in his might and melody. Only when they spread their wings are they wakers of a wind: as if God with his broad sculptor- hands leafed through the pages in the dark book of the beginning.” IfsStillsBookSoulSometimesDreamHandsMightDarkSinWindPagesMouthsGardenLongingTiredWingsSpreadMelodyBroadsIntervalsSculptorsSeamless Book:The Book of Images Source: The Book of Images
“Drunkeness, she told us in a rare moment of confidence, is a sin against the fruit, the tree, the wine itself. Wine, distilled and nurtured from bud into fruit; it deserves reverance. Joy. Gentleness. (Page 194.)” MomentsJoySinTreePagesDeserveWineFruitGentlenessBudRare Moments Author:Joanne Harris