#my

Freedom carries sacrifice, ↗

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#my #own #freedom

The negative penalties of the Old Testament case laws were not harsh but just, not a threat to society but rather the necessary judicial foundation of civic freedom… the Old Testament was harsh on criminals because it was soft on victims. ↗

— Gary North

#law #reconstructionism #society #theonomy #freedom

What is the good of telling a community that it has every liberty except the liberty to make laws? The liberty to make laws is what constitutes a free people. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#autonomy #freedom #laws #liberty #rebellion

Luxury as beauty" has nothing to do with a particular place or an object's price tag. It is seeing with eyes for beauty. Once we cut the automatic but learned connection between buying stuff and pleasure, we can actively cultivate new connections - a sense of freedom as we shed draining habits and discover new pleasures in seeing and creating beauty all around us. ↗

— Frances Moore Lappé

#economy #environmentalism #beauty

We approach the house and I wave at Jimmy. "And if he thinks he's eating with us, he's got another thing coming," my dad says. Jimmy approaches us and takes the shopping bags from me, looking inside them. "Lamb roast. Am I invited? ↗

— Melina Marchetta

#jimmy-hailler #friendship

Chaque fois qu'on produit un effet, on se donne un ennemi. Il faut rester médiocre pour être populaire. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#friendship

You’re like a god from a Greek myth, Saiman. You have no empathy. You have no concept of the world beyond your ego. Wanting something gives you an automatic right to obtain it by whatever means necessary with no regard to the damage it may do. I would be careful if I were you. Friends and objects of deities’ desires dropped like flies. In the end the gods always ended up miserable and alone." — Kate Daniels ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#ego #empathy #friendship #gods #greek-mythology

I want to spend less time talking about myself, and more time listening to what other people have to say about me. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#funny #humor #listening #myself #selfish

I'm worried he's going to...do something crazy." "He lives in a hole in the ground, dresses funny and occasionally eats his assistants," Eve said. "Define crazy." Claire closed her eyes. "Okay. I think he wants to put my brain in a jar and wire it into the machine." Dead silence. ↗

— Rachel Caine

#eve-rosser #myrnin #funny

Whatever would give you the idea that I'm her damn brother? ↗

— Jeaniene Frost

#cat #funny #timmy #funny