#ma

If it is indeed impossible - or at least very difficult - to inhabit the consciousness of an animal, then in writing about animals there is a temptation to project upon them feelings and thoughts that may belong only to our own human mind and heart. ↗

— J. M. Coetzee

#animal #belong #consciousness #difficult #feelings

As for September 11, let us not too easily grant the Americans possession of that date on the calendar. Like May 1 or July 14 or December 25, September 11 may seem full of significance to some people, while to other people it is just another day. ↗

— J. M. Coetzee

#another day #calendar #date #day #december

My response, a dubious and hesitant one, is that it has been and may continue to be, in the time that is left to me, more productive to live out the question than to try to answer it in abstract terms. ↗

— J. M. Coetzee

#answer #been #continue #dubious #hesitant

The woman most in need of liberation is the woman in every man and the man in every woman. ↗

— William Sloane Coffin, Jr.

#every man #liberation #man #most #need

Many a bum show has been saved by the flag. ↗

— George M. Cohan

#bum #flag #many #saved #show

I've found that in business opportunities will constantly emerge or situations develop that make you revise your plans along the way. ↗

— Benjamin Cohen

#business #business opportunities #constantly #develop #emerge

Most men are very attached to the idea of being male, and usually experience a lot of fear and insecurity around the idea of being a man. Most women are very identified with their gender, and also experience a tremendous amount of fear and insecurity. ↗

— Andrew Cohen

#amount #around #attached #being #being a man

It is true that women tend to be more identified with their bodies because in this crazy world, both men and women measure women's value as human beings in relationship to their physical appearance. ↗

— Andrew Cohen

#because #beings #bodies #both #crazy

The excitement that you were feeling about a special, unique path for yourself as a woman is all part of your identification with and attachment to being female. And that's ultimately all ego. ↗

— Andrew Cohen

#attachment #being #ego #excitement #feeling

One of the most extraordinary things about being a spiritual teacher is the rare privilege of being able to look deeply into the very souls of many human beings at the same time. ↗

— Andrew Cohen

#about #being #beings #deeply #extraordinary