#standing

The word "Christianity" is already a misunderstanding - in reality there has been only one Christian, and he died on the Cross. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#been #christian #christianity #cross #died

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#experience #experiences #genus #guarantee #inward

You must recognize, embrace, and be honest about what is real for you today and allow that understanding to inform the choices you make. Only then will you be able to build the future of your dreams. ↗

— Suze Orman

#about #allow #build #choices #dreams

Total borrowing has imploded. Private borrowing has collapsed. And, in effect, the Treasury Department is the last borrower left standing. ↗

— Peter Orszag

#borrowing #collapsed #department #effect #last

My tides were fluctuating, too - back and forth, back and forth - sometimes so fast they seemed to be spinning. They call this 'rapid cycling.' It's a marvel that a person can appear to be standing still when the mood tides are sloshing back and forth, sometimes sweeping in both directions at once. They call that a 'mixed state.' ↗

— Jane Pauley

#back #both #call #cycling #directions

I particularly admire are Mark Twain and Jerome K. Jerome who wrote in a certain tone of voice which was humane and understanding of humanity, but always ready to annotate its little foibles. I think I'd lay my cards down on that, and say that it's that that I'm trying to do. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#always #cards #certain #down #humane

I've lost both parents in the last two years, so you pick up on that stuff. That's the most terrible thing about being an author - standing there at your mother's funeral, but you don't switch the author off. So your own innermost thoughts are grist for the mill. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#author #being #both #funeral #i

[Men] prefer the foolish belief and the passions of the earth [to the enlightenment of their souls]. They believe the absurd and shrink from the truth." "No, they do not. They are afraid, that is all. And they must remain on earth until they come to the way of leaving it." "And how do they leave? How is the ascent made? Must one learn virtue?" Here she laughs. "You have read too much, and learned too little. Virtue is a road, not a destination. Man cannot be virtuous. Understanding is the goal. When that is achieved, the soul can take wing. ↗

— Iain Pears

#enlightenment #fear #mankind #philosophy #soul

Every success in limiting armaments is a sign that the will to achieve mutual understanding exists, and every such success thus supports the fight for international law and order. ↗

— Ludwig Quidde

#armaments #every #exists #fight #international

With comedians, you have that understanding that we're trying to get laughs. ↗

— Colin Quinn

#get #laughs #trying #understanding #you