#thou

Because thought has by now been perverted into the solving of assigned problems, even what is not assigned is processed like a problem. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#because #been #even #into #like

Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#character #dyed #habitual #mind #soul

The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#life #make #our #thoughts #universe

When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#angry #art #how #life #man

Most illegals are without health insurance, and when these workers need emergency healthcare, the American taxpayer gets stuck with the bill. ↗

— Spencer Bachus

#american taxpayer #bill #emergency #gets #health

I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a Mind. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#fables #frame #had #i #legend

Just because I liked something at one point in time doesn’t mean I’ll always like it, or that I have to go on liking it at all points in time as an unthinking act of loyalty to who I am as a person, based solely on who I was as a person. To be loyal to myself is to allow myself to grow and change, and challenge who I am and what I think. The only thing I am for sure is unsure, and this means I’m growing, and not stagnant or shrinking. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#define #definition #growth #inspiration #inspirational

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#comforts #fears #hopes #many #prosperity

I began as a boy with artistic talent... as a visual artist... I thought that was what I'd become and in my late teens drifted into reading serious literature. ↗

— Russell Banks

#artistic #become #began #boy #drifted

Even the most wretched individual of our present society could not exist and develop without the cumulative social efforts of countless generations. ↗

— Mikhail Bakunin

#countless #cumulative #develop #efforts #even