#gr

No doubt Western civilization has in the past been full of wars and revolutions, and the national elements in our culture, even when they were ignored, always provided an unconscious driving force of passion and aggressive self-assertion. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

#always #been #civilization #culture #doubt

The sublimated idealism of the Enlightenment, the spirit of the League of Nations and of the United Nations Charter have not proved strong enough to control the aggressive dynamism of nationalism. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

#charter #control #dynamism #enlightenment #enough

I abhor grades - if a child does his best, that's all that should be asked. ↗

— Richard Dawson

#asked #best #child #does #grades

I've noticed a growth in Spike and definitely in myself. I feel like the seeds that he planted in me five years ago have ripened up to a place where I could even tackle this role in the way that I did. ↗

— Rosario Dawson

#could #definitely #did #even #feel

We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand; but the fact is we respectfully adapt ourselves, first, to her ways. ↗

— Clarence Day

#fact #first #grand #her #mastery

The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us? ↗

— Dorothy Day

#bring #challenge #day #each #greatest

First of all, let it be remembered that I speak as an ex-Communist and one who has not testified before Congressional Committees, nor written works on the Communist conspiracy. ↗

— Dorothy Day

#committees #communist #congressional #conspiracy #first

The legal battle against segregation is won, but the community battle goes on. ↗

— Dorothy Day

#battle #community #goes #legal #segregation

I want to deploy the leadership to meet the challenges that face us and to restore America's greatness. ↗

— Paul Tsongas

#challenges #deploy #face #greatness #i

Grief causes you to leave yourself. You step outside your narrow little pelt. And you can’t feel grief unless you’ve had love before it - grief is the final outcome of love, because it’s love lost. […] It’s the cycle of love completed: to love, to lose, to feel grief, to leave, and then to love again. Grief is the awareness that you will have to be alone, and there is nothing beyond that because being alone is the ultimate final destiny of each individual living creature. That’s what death is, the great loneliness. ↗

— Philip K. Dick

#death