#arc

I was devastated by the loss of my job in March, although I can understand why it occurred. ↗

— Steven Hatfill

#devastated #i #i can #job #loss

Etymologically, "compassion" means to suffer together. "Together," however, is different from "identically." Compassion is not the same as selflessness, and not really the opposite of selfishness. Rather, it provides a basis for helping other people that is materially disinterested but emotionally self-regarding. As Rousseau wrote in Emile, "When the strength of an expansive soul makes me identify myself with my fellow, and I feel that I am, so to speak, in him, it is in order not to suffer that I do not want him to suffer. I am interested in him for love of myself..." Or, as Jean Bethke Elshtain has said, "Pity is about how deeply I can feel. And in order to feel this way, to experience the rush of my own pious reaction, I need victims the way an addict needs drugs. ↗

— William Voegeli

#etymology #narcissism #experience

We all love musical architecture; there's no doubt about that. ↗

— Levon Helm

#architecture #doubt #love #musical #no doubt

Creativity can only be anarchic, capitalist, Darwinian. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#capitalist #creativity #darwinian #only

My job is to stay alive until the medicine and research catch up. ↗

— Elizabeth Edwards

#catch #job #medicine #research #stay

I'm always nervous taking on a period role because it's difficult to research - you can't observe it, go out and see it. But it's satisfying because eventually you think, 'I got there.' ↗

— Shirley Henderson

#because #difficult #eventually #go #got

Research has shown that even small amounts of processed food alter the chemical balance in our brain and cause negative mood swings along with noticeable dips ill energy. ↗

— Marilu Henner

#alter #balance #brain #cause #chemical

Assuming that his talent can survive the increasing strain, there is one scarcely avoidable danger that lies ahead of the pupil on his road to mastery. ↗

— Eugen Herrigel

#ahead #assuming #danger #his #increasing

The short-term vision is: I research on something which I can use tomorrow, and for some politicians it is even better if it's today. But if you do this, you can only do targeted research. If you only do targeted research, you lose the side-routes. ↗

— Rolf-Dieter Heuer

#even #i #i can #lose #only

We have always been taught that navigation is the result of civilization, but modern archeology has demonstrated very clearly that this is not so. ↗

— Thor Heyerdahl

#archeology #been #civilization #clearly #demonstrated