“I am one of the writers who wish to create serious works of literature which dissociate themselves from those novels which are mere reflections of the vast consumer cultures of Tokyo and the subcultures of the world at large.” WorldCultureLiteratureWishNovelSeriousReflectionMereConsumersTokyoSubcultureConsumer CultureSerious Work Author:Kenzaburo Oe
“Put simply, the church finds itself in a post-Christendom era, and it had better do some serious reflection or face increasing decline and eventual irrelevance.” FacesChurchSeriousReflectionErasPostsDeclineChristendomIrrelevance Author:Alan Hirsch
“Ritual is the most primitive reflection of serious thought, a slow deposit, as it were, of people's imaginative insight into life.” PeopleSeriousReflectionInsightRitualPrimitiveImaginativeDeposits Author:Susanne Katherina Langer
“Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart” MenHeartUnderstandingAnimalGriefSadnessSeriousHabitReflectionMiseryGrieving Book:John Adams: Writings from the New Nation, 1784-1826 Source: John Adams: Writings from the New Nation, 1784-1826