“Out of the debris of a statue thoroughly shattered a new art work is born: a naked foot unforgettably resting on a stone; a candid hand; a bent knee which contains all the speed of the foot race; a torso which has no face to prevent us from loving it.” ArtHandsFacesBornRaceFeetStonesSpeedNakedKneesBentStatuesShatteredCandidDebrisTorso Author:Stephanie Crayencour
“Emulation, even in brutes, is sensitively "nervous." See the tremor of the thoroughbred racer before he starts. The dray-horse does not tremble, but he does not emulate. It is not his work to run a race. Says Marcus Antoninus, "It is all one to a stone whether it be thrown upward or downward." Yet the emulation of a man of genius is seldom with his contemporaries, that is, inwardly in his mind, although outwardly in his act it would seem so. The competitors with whom his secret ambition seems to vie are the dead.” MenMindDoeSeemsRunningSecretRaceGeniusAmbitionStonesHorseNervousThrownCompetitorsBrutesEmulateEmulationRacersThoroughbreds Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“Ethical religion affirms the continuity of progress toward moral perfection. It affirms that the spiritual development of the human race cannot be prematurely cut off, either gradually or suddenly; that every stone of offence against which we stumble is a stepping-stone to some greater good; that, at the end of days, if we choose to put it so, or, rather, in some sphere beyond the world of space and time, all the rays of progress will be summed and centred in a transcendent focus.” IfsWorldHumansEndsSpiritualSpaceRaceMoralGreaterFocusCuttingProgressDevelopmentStonesPerfectionHuman RaceThe End Of The DayEthicalRaysSpheresTime And SpaceContinuityTranscendentOffenceSpiritual DevelopmentStepping StonesGreater GoodMoral Perfection Author:Felix Adler
“The time has come to stop beating our heads against stone walls under the illusion that we have been appointed policeman to the human race.” HumansHas BeensWarPeaceRaceWallIllusionStonesHuman RaceAnti WarAntiwarPolicemenStone Walls Author:Walter Lippmann
“After the bare requisites to living and reproducing, man wants most to leave some record of himself, a proof, perhaps, that he has really existed. He leaves his proof on wood, on stone or on the lives of other people. This deep desire exists in everyone, from the boy who writes dirty words in a public toilet to the Buddha who etches his image in the race mind. Life is so unreal. I think that we seriously doubt that we exist and go about trying to prove that we do.” PeopleThinkingMenWantWritingTryingMindLife IsDesireRaceBoysDoubtRecordsProveStonesWoodsProofDirtyToiletsUnrealLives Of OthersDirty WordsReproducingDeep Desire Book:The Pastures of Heaven Source: The Pastures of Heaven
“Think of the sound you make when you let go after holding your breath for a very, very long time. Think of the gladdest sound you know: the sound of dawn on the first day of spring break, the sound of a bottle of Coke opening, the sound of a crowd cheering in your ears because you're coming down to the last part of a race--and you're ahead. Think of the sound of water over stones in a cold stream, and the sound of wind through green trees on a late May afternoon in Central Park. Think of the sound of a bus coming into the station carrying someone you love. Then put all those together.” ThinkingKnowsFirstsMayLongTogetherLastsSoundWaterRaceBreakTreeWindColdLetting GoLateLong TimeSpringStonesEarsBreathsGreenCrowdsOpeningDawnStreamsParksStationsBottlesCheerBusAfternoonCokeSomeone You LoveCentral ParkGreen TreesFirst Day Of SpringSpring BreakSound Of Water Book:The Wednesday Wars Source: The Wednesday Wars
“For the Jesus Revolutionaries, the answer was clear: Jesus would not be out waging "preventative" wars. Jesus would not be withholding medicine from people who could not afford it. Jesus would not cast stones at people of races, sexual orientatons, or genders other than His own. Jesus would not condone the failing, viperous, scandalplagued hierarchy of some churches. Jesus would welcome everyone to his his table. He would love them, and he would find peace.” PeopleWarJesusChurchAnswersRaceClearFailingStonesTablesMedicineCastsGenderWelcomeRevolutionaryHierarchyFinding PeaceWithholding Author:David Levithan
“I have lived in the redness of the stones that mark a path through my blood; I am the descendant of a forgotten race, but I carry in my hands the remnants of their fire.” HandsJusticeRacePathFireBloodDiversityStonesMarkSocial JusticeForgottenDescendantsRemnants Author:Mohammed Khair-Eddine