#me

Men are important only in relation to other men, in their usefulness, in the service they render ↗

— Ayn Rand (Alisa Zinovievna Rosenbaum)

#men

When I did a therapist education in USA 1984, one of the course leaders – who had given personal and spiritual guidance to thousands of seekers of truth from all over the world, and who I consider to be one of the best spiritual therapists in the world – said that I was going to get enlightened, that I would ”disappear into the silence”. I did not really understand what he meant then, and it was totally absurd for me when other course participants congratulated me afterwards. The thought that I was going to be enlightened was totally absurd for me. For me enlightenment was something that happened to special and chosen persons like Osho, Buddha, Jesus, Lao-Tzu and Krishnamurti. I did not feel either special or chosen. I did not feel worthy of being enlightened. ↗

— Swami Dhyan Giten

#enlightenment #jesus #krishnamurti #lao-tzu #life

Two kinds of women in this world: those who have breast cancer and those who're scared to death of getting it. Articles (men) skip on the way to the sports section? I clip out and keep in a drawer next to my bed. ↗

— S. Epatha Mekerson

#health #women #death

This world is so full of wars and hostilities. All parties seek for allies to defeat enemies. I support peace effort towards mastermind which has caused men hostile to each other. ↗

— Toba Beta

#life #mastermind #peace #truth #war

I want to change the world, and do something valuable and beautiful. I want people to remember me before I'm dead, and then more afterwards. ↗

— Russell Brand

#fame #immortality #beauty

Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it. ↗

— George Carlin

#equality #feminism #humanism #humor #inspirational

The happy and powerful do not go into exile, and there are no surer guarantees of equality among men than poverty and misfortune. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#immigration #equality

Elizabeth Cady read the nation's great Declaration, and it bothered her. All men are created equal, it said. But what about women? ↗

— Joy Hakim

#women-s-history #equality

Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#comes #curtains #dawn #grass #hidden

Philanthropy is involved with basic innovations that transform society, not simply maintaining the status quo or filling basic social needs that were formerly the province of the public sector. ↗

— David Rockefeller

#filling #formerly #innovations #involved #maintaining