#sm

I believed, up to last week, that Adam was somehow coming back. But I wouldn't trade that optimism for anything, because the other option is no fun. ↗

— Michael Diamond

#anything #back #because #believed #coming

From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#fanaticism #only #step

An escalating, violent tit-for-tat may lead to terrorism. ↗

— Mary Douglas

#lead #may #terrorism #violent

The new dam, of course, will improve things. If ever filled it will back water to within sight of the Bridge, transforming what was formerly an adventure into a routine motorboat excursion. Those who see it then will not understand that half the beauty of Rainbow Bridge lay in its remoteness, its relative difficulty of access, and in the wilderness surrounding it, of which it was an integral part. When these aspects are removed the Bridge will be no more than an isolated geological oddity, an extension of that museumlike diorama to which industrial tourism tends to reduce the natural world. ↗

— Edward Abbey

#wilderness #beauty

We are ready to end fascism once and for all, even in spite of the Republican government. ↗

— Buenaventura Durruti

#even #fascism #government #once #ready

Until women learn to want economic independence, and until they work out a way to get this independence without denying themselves the joys of love and motherhood, it seems to me feminism has no roots. ↗

— Crystal Eastman

#denying #economic #economic independence #feminism #get

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms. ↗

— George Eliot

#agreeable #ask #criticisms #friends #pass

I still love following and thinking about politics. I enjoy recommending important journalism I read or see from other sources. ↗

— Dan Rather

#enjoy #following #i #important #journalism

Submission, when it is submission to the truth — and when the truth is known to be both beautiful and merciful — has nothing in common with fatalism or stoicism as these terms are understood in the Western tradition, because its motivation is different. According to Fakhr ad-Din ar-RazT, one of the great commentators upon the Quran: The worship of the eyes is weeping, the worship of the ears is listening, the worship of the tongue is praise, the worship of the hands is giving, the worship of the body is effort, the worship of the heart is fear and hope, and the worship of the spirit is surrender and satisfaction in Allah. ↗

— Fakhr ad-Din ar-Razi

#fatalism #islam #quran #stoicism #worship

But, when I had this feeling and started painting sacred art, as I had this feeling to do, then it come to me: my problem is I'll get a lot of criticism and another problem is my work's not good enough to sell. ↗

— Howard Finster

#art #come #criticism #enough #feeling