#other

The soul is so far from being a monad that we have not only to interpret other souls to ourself but to interpret ourself to ourself. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#far #interpret #monad #only #other

I've always been so apathetic. I figured, OK, maybe the world is going to fall down around me. Now I want to make a better world... that's motherhood. ↗

— Cass Elliot

#apathetic #around #been #better #better world

Unless you are a born connoisseur of art, you will not be able to judge by yourself why certain art is superior to other art. ↗

— David Elliott

#art #born #certain #connoisseur #judge

The poorer is a family, the greater is the proportion of the total outgo which must be used for food... The proportion of the outgo used for food, other things being equal, is the best measure of the material standard of living of a population. ↗

— Ernst Engel

#best #equal #family #food #greater

My mother has become my daughter and I've become her guardian. ↗

— Phillip Lim

#daughter #guardian #her #i #mother

I feel a sense of sadness and joy. Mostly sadness though about what I've experienced and sadness about what others have experienced in reference to the stroke. ↗

— Luther Vandross

#experienced #feel #i #i feel #joy

And it came to me, and I knew what I had to have before my soul would rest. I wanted to belong - to belong to my mother. And in return - I wanted my mother to belong to me. ↗

— Gloria Vanderbilt

#belong #came #had #i #knew

The second principle of magic: things which have once been in contact with each other continue to act on each other at a distance after the physical contact has been severed. ↗

— James G. Frazer

#after #been #contact #continue #distance

Anyone determined to find another person or group inferior can always find whole lists of grounds that demonstrate inferiority because we are all inferior to the ideals of humanness we have erected. ↗

— Marilyn French

#another #anyone #because #demonstrate #determined

The old approach of sacrificing the needs of one group to benefit another just won't work. ↗

— Michael K. Simpson

#approach #benefit #group #just #needs