#tho

The Kantian imperative to have the courage to think for oneself has involved a contemptuous disregard for the resources of tradition and an infantile view of authority as inherently oppressive. ↗

— Terry Eagleton

#individualism #rationalism #tradition #courage

I'm a lion in a strange land. ↗

— Criss Jami

#awkwardness #beast #courage #different #earth

Rabbits live close to death and when death comes closer than usual, thinking about survival leaves little room for anything else. ↗

— Richard Adams

#death

ABNORMAL, adj. Not conforming to standards in matters of thought and conduct. To be independent is to be abnormal, to be abnormal is to be detested. A striving toward the straiter [sic] resemblance of the Average Man than he hath to himself, whoso attaineth thereto shall have peace, the prospect of death and the hope of Hell. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#bierce #detested #independant #thought #death

A culture of unaccountability is a culture without incentive, and a culture without incentive is the death of critical and creative thinking. ↗

— Michael R. LeGault

#thought #work #death

From infancy to death human life is surrounded by their (the angels) watchful care and intercession. Beside each believer stands an angel as protector and shepherd leading him to life. Already here on earth the Christian life shares by faith in the blessed company of angels and men united to God. ↗

— Catechism of the Catholic Church

#religious #death

For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil; but in the end she is as bitter as wormword, sharp as a two-edged sword. Her feet go down to death, her steps lay hold of hell ↗

— Justin Cronin

#morality #religious #sin #thought-provoking #death

If the thought inspires you, and it feels good and right...it is yours, alone, to exercise. So get right on it! ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#ideas #inspiration #inspire #quotes #rights

We do not create life, we create death. ↗

— Marie Symeou

#deep-thoughts #philosophy #realistic #death

You're stressing too much about what might be. Do something to take your mind off thinking about what might never happen. ↗

— Simone Elkeles

#stress