#phil

Through their donations and work for voluntary organizations, the charitable rich exert enormous influence in society. As philanthropists, they acquire status within and outside of their class. Although private wealth is the basis of the hegemony of this group, philanthropy is essential to the maintenance and perpetuation of the upper class in the United States. In this sense, nonprofit activities are the nexus of a modern power elite. ↗

— Teresa Odendahl

#clinton #hegemony #non-profit #philanthropy #power-elite

You know how the tightrope guy at the circus wants everyone to believe his act is an art, but deep down you can see that he's really just hoping he makes it all the way across? ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#philosophy #sister #art

The trouble with life is that we lead it forwards and understand it backwards. ↗

— N. Lombardi Jr.

#philosophical #inspirational

Show me that I m everywhere and get me home for tea. ↗

— George Harrison

#epigram #philosophy #tea

Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#life

As a system of philosophy it is not like the Tower of Babel, so daring its high aim as to seek a shelter against God's anger; but it is like a pyramid poised on its apex. ↗

— Adam Sedgwick

#aim #anger #apex #babel #daring

His knowledge is not like ours, which has three tenses: present, past, and future. God's knowledge has no change or variation. ↗

— Augustine of Hippo

#philosophy #theology #change

All the world is queer save thee and me, and even thou art a little queer ↗

— Robert Owen

#humor #people #philosophy #art

There is no need to masturbate your brain, just to ejaculate your thoughts all over the place ↗

— Carroll Bryant

#philisophical #humor

Pues nada ha sido nunca para un hombre o una sociedad humana más insoportable que la libertad. ↗