#toward

The whole drive of western culture, the part of it which is serious, is towards an extreme objectification. It's carried to the point where the human subject is treated almost as if it's dirt in the works of a watch. ↗

— Henry Flynt

#carried #culture #dirt #drive #extreme

And I definitely gravitate toward people who use laughter to pull themselves out of the abyss. ↗

— Lea Thompson

#definitely #gravitate #i #laughter #out

Cruelty towards others is always also cruelty towards ourselves. ↗

— Paul Tillich

#always #cruelty #others #ourselves #towards

In no other country in the world is the love of property keener or more alert than in the United States, and nowhere else does the majority display less inclination toward doctrines which in any way threaten the way property is owned. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#any #country #display #doctrines #does

Sometimes my life opened its eyes in the dark. A feeling as if crowds drew through the streets in blindness and anxiety on the way towards a miracle, while I invisibly remain standing. ↗

— Tomas Transtromer

#blindness #crowds #dark #drew #eyes

I have made the tough decisions, always with an eye toward the bottom line. Perhaps it's time America was run like a business. ↗

— Donald Trump

#america #bottom #bottom line #business #decisions

As long as I was breathing with the contractions and not pushing against them, I felt better. That idea is fundamental-to feel pain and not to resist; to go towards it. It is an incredibly spiritual practice. ↗

— Christy Turlington

#better #breathing #feel #felt #go

All too many Muslims fail to grasp Islam, which teaches one to be lenient towards others and to understand their value systems, knowing that these are tolerated by Islam as a religion. ↗

— Abdurrahman Wahid

#grasp #islam #knowing #lenient #many

Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer. ↗

— Denis Waitley

#answer #dwell #energies #finding #focus

Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future. ↗

— Denis Waitley

#future #in the past #learn #live #losers