#log

There is a noticeable element of the pathological in some current leftist critiques, which I tend to attribute to feelings of guilt allied to feelings of impotence. Not an attractive combination, because it results in self-hatred. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#guilt #impotence #iraq-war #leftism #pathology

I can do this, Logan," she said confidently. "Kala trained me for this." "What if something goes wrong? I can't exactly wave a magic wand over you. I'm not Harry Potter." "Who?" "Never mind. ↗

— Alyxandra Harvey

#isabeau #logan #potter #confidence

To find out what is truly individual in ourselves, profound reflection is needed; and suddenly we realize how uncommonly difficult the discovery of individuality is. ↗

— C.G. Jung

#individuality #introspection #psychology #consciousness

Don't stand unmoving outside the door of a crying baby whose only desire is to touch you. Go to your baby. Go to your baby a million times. Demonstrate that people can be trusted, that the environment can be trusted, that we live in a benign universe. ↗

— Peggy O'Mara

#biological #child #children #instinct #mothering

And it was pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#mythology #percy-jackson #kiss

We look not at the things which are what you would call seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal. But the things that are not seen are eternal. ↗

— Madeleine L'Engle

#epistemology #philosophical #philosophical

We colour and mould according to the wants within us whatever our eyes bring in. ↗

— Thomas Hardy

#morality #psychology #ethics

A good speech should be like a woman's skirt: long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest ↗

— Winston Churchill

#public-speaking #simile #speaking #speech

Cynicism, like gullibility, is a symptom of underdeveloped critical faculties. ↗

— Jamie Whyte

#cynicism #logic #journalist

THE MARK OF ATHENA BABY!!!!!! ↗