“Being inclusive sometimes means being kind toward people whose views are repugnant. But you should only do so if it is physically and emotionally safe for you.” PeopleIfsShouldKindMeanSometimesWomenViewsSafeBe Kind Author:Amy Dickinson
“Many risks fail because they were not taken in time. Too many risks are postponed until unnecessarily elaborate preparations are made. This does not mean that one should say, Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! That is foolish and self-destructive. . . . But don't sit back waiting for the perfect moment. It almost never comes.” InspirationalShouldMeanDoeMadeSelfMomentsMotivationalWaitingPerfectTakenFailingRiskSpeedFoolishPreparationDamnDestructiveSelf DestructivePerfect MomentsTorpedoes Author:David Viscott
“I'm not a planner. I should be more articulate about what the imagery means, but I don't have a good reason for it; it's just there.” ShouldMeanReasonImageryPlanners Author:Joe Bradley
“There must be a union between the spirit in wood and the spirit in man. The grain of the wood must relate closely to its function. The abutment of the edge of one board to an adjoining board can mean the success or failure of a piece. () Gradually a form evolves, much as nature produces the tree in the first place. The object created can live forever. The tree lives on in its new form. The object cannot follow a transitory “style”, here for a moment, discarded the next. Its appeal must be universal. Cordial and receptive, it should invite a meeting with man” MenShouldFirstsMeanMomentsFormSpiritNextForeverPiecesTreeStyleDesignObjectsProduceUniversalFunctionUnionsMeetingsEdgesWoodsRelateAppealsEvolveBoardsInvitesGrainFurnitureLive ForeverReceptiveDiscardedTransitoryCraftsmanSuccess Or FailureTree Of LifeArtisansWoodworking Author:George Nakashima
“If democracy, in essence, means the abolition of class domination, then why should not a socialist minister charm the whole bourgeois world by orations on class collaboration?” IfsWorldShouldMeanWholeClassDemocracyEssenceMinistersCharmCollaborationSocialistDominationBourgeoisAbolition Book:Izbrannye Proizvedenii͡a V Trekh Tomakh Source: Izbrannye Proizvedenii͡a V Trekh Tomakh
“It is essential that the revelation we receive, the conception of an image which embraces a certain thing, which has no sense in itself, which has no subject, which means 'absolutely nothing' from the logical point of view.. ..should speak so strongly in us, evoke such agony or joy, that we feel compelled to paint.” FeelsShouldMeanDesireCertainSpeakViewsSubjectsEssentialsEmbracePaintPoint Of ViewRevelationsLogicalConceptionCompelledAbsolutely Nothing Author:Giorgio de Chirico
“Death looms large I guess because it should. It's the one thing that we as human beings from birth have a right to. It's the only thing we've really got, and I don't mean to sound bleak about this, but it's a unifying factor amongst us all.” ShouldHumansMeanSoundHuman BeingsOne ThingBirthFactorsBleakUnifying Author:Nick Cave
“However small we are, we should always fight for what we believe to be right. And I don’t mean fight with the power of our fists or the power of our swords…I mean the power of our brains and our thoughts and our dreams. And as small and quiet and unimportant as our fighting may look, perhaps we might all work together…and break out of the prisons of our own making. Perhaps we might be able to keep this fierce and beautiful world of ours as free for all of us as it seemed to be on that blue afternoon of my childhood.” WorldShouldBelieveLooksMayMeanDreamMightAbleTogetherBeautifulFightingBrainBreakChildhoodQuietBluePrisonWorking TogetherAfternoonFierceOur ThoughtsOur DreamsFistsUnimportantBreak OutBeautiful World Author:Cressida Cowell
“We also need to be willing to make room in our lives for the impending birth of our dreams. This might mean emptying our life of clutter such as wasted time, energy, resources, or draining relationships. These things can jeopardize our dreams by distracting us at a time when we should be more focused than ever.” NeedsShouldMeanDreamMightEnergyRoomsOur LivesWillingBirthResourcesFocusedOur DreamsClutterWasted TimeDrainingJeopardize Author:Christine Caine
“Nobody is fit to rule anybody else. It is not alleged that Mankind is perfect, or that merely through his/her natural goodness (or lack of same) he/she should (or should not) be permitted to rule. Rule as such causes abuse. There are no superpeople nor privileged classes who are above 'imperfect Mankind' and are capable or entitled to rule the rest of us. Submission to slavery means surrender of life.” ShouldMeanCausesNaturalPerfectClassMankindFitGoodnessCapableAbuseSlaverySurrenderImperfectEntitledPrivilegedSubmissionPerfect ManVery Mean Author:Albert Meltzer
“When falling in love I think you should say to yourself, ‘I am going to do this fully.’ I love to the fullest extent that I possibly can - and why not?... Maybe this means there is going to be pain, but I am willing to accept the pain.” ThinkingShouldMeanPainFallAcceptingWillingFalling In LoveWhy Not Author:Nicole Kidman
“Wisdom is nothing more than confirmed imagination: just because one did not study for his exam does not mean that he should leave it blank.” ShouldMeanDoeImaginationStudyBlankExam Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“The education of our people should be a lifelong process by which we continue to feed new vigor into the lifestream of the Nation through intelligent, reasoned decisions. Let us not think of education only in terms of its costs, but rather in terms of the infinite potential of the human mind that can be realized through education. Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our Nation.” PeopleThinkingShouldMindHumansMeanDreamNationsProcessTermAbilityDecisionGreaterCostBenefitsIntelligentInfiniteDevelopingHuman MindFulfilledLifelongVigorHopes And DreamsInfinite Potential Author:John F. Kennedy
“The assurance that we have no means of answering [final] questions is no valid excuse for callousness towards them. The more deeply should we feel, down to the roots of our being, their pressure and their sting. Whose hunger has ever been [sated] with the knowledge that he could not eat?” FeelsShouldMeanRootsPressureFinalsHungerExcuseAssuranceCallousnessSated Author:Jose Ortega y Gasset
“A perfect practice of Christianity would, of course, consist in a perfect imitation of the life of Christ -- I mean, in so far as it was applicable in one's own particular circumstance. Not in an idiotic sense -- it doesn't mean that every Christian should grow a beard, or be a bachelor, or become a travelling preacher. It means that every single act and feeling, every experience, whether pleasant or unpleasant, must be referred to God.” ShouldMeanFeelingsChristianCoursesGrowsChristPerfectChristianityPracticeParticularCircumstancesPleasantPreacherImitationBeardBachelorsIdioticPerfect Practice Author:C. S. Lewis
“I have nothing but myself to write about, no facts, no theories, no opinions, no adventures, no sentiments, nothing but my own poor barren individualism, of considerable interest to me, but I do not know why I should presume it will be so to you. Egotism is not tiresome, or it ought not to be, if one is sincere about oneself; but it is so hard to be sincere. Well, never mind, I mean to be, and you know me well enough to see through me when I am humbugging.” IfsKnowsShouldWritingMindWellsMeanHardEnoughFactsInterestMy OwnPoorOpinionAdventureTheoryOughtOneselfSincereSentimentsIndividualismKnow MeEgotismBarrenTiresome Book:The Nemesis of Faith Source: The Nemesis of Faith
“The "determinist" swears that if we knew everything we should also be able to deduce and foretell the conduct of every man in every circumstance, and that is obvious enough. But the expression "know everything" means nothing.” IfsKnowsMenShouldMeanEnoughAbleExpressionCircumstancesObviousEvery ManSwear Author:Paul Valery