#tent

Liberals do not appear to address potential solutions with anything like the far right's aura of God-given self-confidence. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#anything #appear #aura #far #god-given

The spirit of rebellion can only exist in a society where a theoretical equality conceals great factual inequalities. The problem of rebellion, therefore, has no meaning except within our own Western society. ↗

— Albert Camus

#existentialism #philosophy #equality

We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#more #never #others #ourselves #than

In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our neighbor. ↗

— William Ames

#found #height #joy #love #neighbor

Of course the barbarians' aim of world domination has not escaped the attention of the Europeans, perhaps because unlike us they are closer to the walls. ↗

— Barbara Amiel

#attention #barbarians #because #closer #course

When virtue is at liberty, so to some extent is vice. ↗

— Barbara Amiel

#liberty #some #vice #virtue

Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#before #flint #force #forth #give

Questions structure and, so, to some extent predetermine answers. ↗

— A. R. Ammons

#extent #questions #some #structure

Although our inattention can contribute to our lack of total well-being, we also have the power to choose positive behaviors and responses. In that choice we change our every experience of life! ↗

— Greg Anderson

#although #behaviors #change #choice #choose

Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention. ↗

— Greg Anderson

#change #focus #happiness #know #lives