#philosophy

The big secret about Art is that no one wants it to be true. ↗

— Adam Phillips

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But a desperate heart will seduce the mind. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#philosophy-of-life #life

All great art is praise. ↗

— John Ruskin

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To all appearances he was just drifting. In actuality he was just drifting. ↗

— Robert M. Pirsig

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Art is the social antithesis of society, not directly deducible from it. ↗

— Theodor W. Adorno

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As soon as we notice that certain types of event "like" to cluster together at certain times, we begin to understand the attitude of the Chinese, whose theories of medicine, philosophy, and even building are based on a "science" of meaningful coincidences. The classical Chinese texts did not ask what causes what, but rather what "likes" to occur with what. ↗

— M.L. von Franz

#jung #jungian #man-and-his-symbols #synchronicity #attitude

To make a change, you must be: willing to commit, willing to change, willing to have an open mind, and willing to take action! ↗

— Tae Yun Kim

#philosophy-of-life #positive-attitude #attitude

It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous -- even death is terrible only if we fear it. ↗

— Epictetus

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Set forth no limits, keep in mind that your potential is boundless. ↗

— Sal Martinez

#boundless #empowerment #life-potential #mind #no-limits

It just doesn’t make spiritual sense to suggest that the evil all lies “out there” with our adversaries and enemies, and none of it is “in here” with us—embedded in our own attitudes, behaviors, and policies. ↗

— Jim Wallis

#political-philosophy #attitude