#ra

The essence of morality is a questioning about morality; and the decisive move of human life is to use ceaselessly all light to look for the origin of the opposition between good and evil. ↗

— Georges Bataille

#between #ceaselessly #decisive #essence #evil

In the world at large we seldom vote for a principle or a given state of affairs. We vote for a man who pretends to believe in that principle or promises to achieve that state. We don't want a man, we want a condition of peace and plenty-- or, it may be, war and want-- but we must vote for a man. ↗

— B.F. Skinner

#leadership #suffrage #leadership

Sometimes a bus is your bus, and sometimes it ain't, and it's important that you can tell the difference. ↗

— Steven J. Carroll

#life #life-changing #life-lessons #motivational #travel

A small film from a small country, in Arabic with nonprofessionals: It was practically impossible. Just to make it was like a dream to me. ↗

— Nadine Labaki

#country #dream #film #impossible #just

I don't worry whether the period is contemporary or three hundred years ago. Human beings are all alike. ↗

— Genevieve Bujold

#alike #beings #contemporary #human #human beings

I have played a boxer, a cowboy, a knight, a prince, an elf and a pirate. I am so glad to have done all of that already. ↗

— Orlando Bloom

#am #boxer #cowboy #done #elf

...heroine: the artist, the premier mistress writhering in a garden graced w/highly polished blades of grass... release (ethiopium) is the drug...an animal howl says it all...notes pour into the caste of freedom...the freedom to be intense...to defy social order and break the slow kill monotony of censorship. to break from the long bonds of servitude-ruthless adoration of the celestial shepherd. let us celebrate our own flesh-to embrace not ones race mais the marathon-to never let go of the fiery sadness called desire. ↗

— Patti Smith

#patti-smith #transcendence #freedom

Grace is available for each of us every day - our spiritual daily bread - but we've got to remember to ask for it with a grateful heart and not worry about whether there will be enough for tomorrow. ↗

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

#ask #available #bread #daily #daily bread

We have seen SARS stopped dead in its tracks. ↗

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

#sars #seen #stopped #tracks

One day you may make wake up and think your all alone. One day you may feel this house is not my home. One day you may find that things around you have change. But one thing for sure God still knows your first and last name. ↗

— E.R. Turner

#change