#ra

The essence of oligarchical rule is not father-to-son inheritance, but the persistence of a certain world-view and a certain way of life ... A ruling group is a ruling group so long as it can nominate its successors ... Who wields power is not important, provided that the hierarchical structure remains always the same. ↗

— George Orwell

#oligarchy #ruling-class #life

But, in fact, a person's sexual choice is the result and sum of their fundamental convictions. Tell me what a person finds sexually attractive and I will tell you their entire philosophy of life. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#convictions #life #philosophy #sex #life

Others found the implication odd that they could live their way forever- working and drinking and watching TV- and why they would want to. ↗

— CrimethInc.

#inspirational #life #inspirational

Life is stranger than biology textbooks. ↗

— David Rains Wallace

#life #strange #life

He methodically basted the dark skin of the Alsatian, which he had stuffed with garlic and herbs. "One rule in life", he murmured to himself. "If you can smell garlic, everything is all right". ↗

— J.G. Ballard

#dinner #dog #dog-meat #dogs #garlic

...there's no mistake if you can resolve it, whether it's in your music or in your life. Sometimes the mistake motivates you or elevates you to a different circumstance that can be better. If I make a mistake, I'm going to develop that mistake, so it doesn't sound like a mistake. -Dave Brubeck ↗

— Andrew Zuckerman

#inspirational

Never been more truthful then right now, looking at you fixes everything. ↗

— Holly Hood

#happiness #life #love #romance #life

Este incredibil cât de completă este iluzia care ne face să credem că frumuseţea este în genere bunătate. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#life #truth #inspirational

I might be a beast astray, with no sense of its environment, yet there was some meaning in my foolish life, something in me gave an answer and was the receiver of those distant calls from worlds far above. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#inspirational #inspirational

I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. ↗

— Anonymous

#inspirational