#ex

Even if there are instances in which it can be mistook by onlookers, never fool yourself into using misunderstood genius as an excuse to be a fool. ↗

— Criss Jami

#falsehood #fool #foolish #genius #honesty

A freedom which is interested only in denying freedom must be denied. And it is not true that the recognition of the freedom of others limits my own freedom: to be free is not to have the power to do anything you like; it is to be able to surpass the given toward an open future; the existence of others as a freedom defines my situation and is even the condition of my own freedom. I am oppressed if I am thrown into prison, but not if I am kept from throwing my neighbor into prison. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#existentialism #morality #freedom

Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes. ↗

— James Anthony Froude

#experience #mistakes #slowly #teaches

I've been offered proof of God's existence at regular intervals in my life through experiences so profound they've given goose bumps to atheists. ↗

— Jennifer Skiff

#divine #divine-intervention #god #profound-realizations #proof-of-god

The new science will be a manifestation of ancient technologies. It will come in sudden, humans will experience technological shock. ↗

— Toba Beta

#technological-shock #experience

I love social media and the ability to connect to new people through Twitter and Facebook and share my real time experiences with my mommy network. ↗

— Soleil Moon Frye

#connect #experiences #facebook #i #i love

I begin to perceive that I am a woman. What that is, heaven knows... the philosophy is yet to be written, there is a world to be explored. ↗

— Pam Gems

#begin #explored #heaven #i #i am

When you're at the end of your rope, all you have to do is make one foot move out in front of the other. Just take the next step. That's all there is to it. ↗

— Samuel Fuller

#foot #front #just #make #move

Given that Mr. Kerry is clearly exaggerating what happened to minority voters in the 2000 election in Florida, maybe we should wait for him to provide evidence of what he is alleging in 2004. ↗

— John Fund

#clearly #election #evidence #exaggerating #florida

The new world economic order is not an exercise in philanthropy, but in enlightened self-interest for everyone concerned. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#economic #enlightened #everyone #exercise #new