#ang

His knowledge is not like ours, which has three tenses: present, past, and future. God's knowledge has no change or variation. ↗

— Augustine of Hippo

#philosophy #theology #change

He's really jealous, Ybon said rather weakly. Just have him meet me, Oscar said. I make all boyfriends feel better about themselves. ↗

— Junot Díaz

#jealousy #love-triangles #jealousy

So long as we use a certain language, all questions that we can ask will have to be formulated in it and will thereby confirm the theory of the universe which is implied in the vocabulary and structure of the language. ↗

— Michael Polanyi

#certain #confirm #formulated #implied #language

No one doubts your courage, but you are a headstrong knight and when you choose a way you cannot change your course even if it lead to your destruction. That is your fault and your destiny. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#change

Authors can write stories without people assuming that they are autobiographies, but songwriters and poets are often considered to be the characters in their works. I like Michelangelo's vision, 'I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. ↗

— Criss Jami

#art #artist #author #autobiography #character

The most dangerous thing about student riots is that adults take them seriously. ↗

— Georges Pompidou

#dangerous #dangerous thing #most #riots #seriously

Secure in his flight Rider on the constant winds Hawk flies through his days Looks then to the east Prompted by fate’s gentle breeze Changes his intent Fate’s gentle breezes Move the mighty heart to change Destiny remade ↗

— Steve Robison

#inspirational #poem #poetry #change

Language has time as its element; all other media have space as their element. ↗

— Søren Kierkegaard

#language #art

You don’t want to bottle up your anger like that, Harry, let it all out,” said Fred, also beaming. “There might be a couple of people fifty miles away who didn’t hear you. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#anger

Though the ancient poet in Plutarch tells us we must not trouble the gods with our affairs because they take no heed of our angers and disputes, we can never enough decry the disorderly sallies of our minds. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#human-nature #madness #mind #passion #soul