#modern

Modernity is the transient, the fleeting, the contingent; it is one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immovable. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#being #contingent #eternal #fleeting #half

Modernity is the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, which make up one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immutable. This transitory fugitive element, which is constantly changing, must not be despised or neglected. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#being #changing #constantly #contingent #despised

The Saudi government's denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia's economic development, modernization and prosperity. ↗

— Barbara Boxer

#basic #basic rights #denial #development #economic

All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State. ↗

— Albert Camus

#modern #power #reinforcement #revolutions #state

The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are suffering from nihilism. ↗

— Albert Camus

#complete #fact #find #intelligence #itself

It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#ever #modern #old-fashioned #only

The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II. ↗

— Barry Commoner

#about #after #ago #assault #began

Modern morality and manners suppress all natural instincts, keep people ignorant of the facts of nature and make them fighting drunk on bogey tales. ↗

— Aleister Crowley

#drunk #facts #fighting #ignorant #instincts

I went to Concord, a young woman from the backwoods, firm in belief that Emerson was the first of living men. He was the modern Moses who had talked with God apart and could interpret Him to us. ↗

— Rebecca Harding Davis

#belief #concord #could #emerson #firm

So much destruction in modern war takes place miles and miles away from the source of the destruction, the human being who has caused it. ↗

— James Dickey

#being #caused #destruction #human #human being