“For all the huffing and blowing we get about rugged individualism, the American spirit and the American experiment always have had at their heart the notion that the government is all of us and that, therefore, the government may keep things in trust for all of us.” HeartMayGovernmentSpiritNotionExperimentsIndividualismRuggedAmerican SpiritRugged IndividualismHuffing Author:Charlie Pierce
“The old notion that the savage is the freest of mankind is the reverse of the truth. He is a slave, not indeed to a visible master, but to the past, to the spirits of his dead forefathers, who haunt his steps from birth to death, and rule him with a rod of iron.” PastSpiritStepsMankindMastersBirthSlaveNotionVisibleIronReverseSavagesForefathers Author:James G. Frazer
“Changing is not just changing the things outside of us. First of all we need the right view that transcends all notions including of being and non-being, creator and creature, mind and spirit. That kind of insight is crucial for transformation and healing.” LifeInspirationalNeedsMindFirstsKindSpiritChangeViewsHealingCreaturesTransformationNotionIncludingCreatorInsightCrucialSpiritual Transformation Author:Nhat Hanh