#y

For the normative self-understanding of modernity, Christianity has functioned as more than just a precursor or catalyst. Universalistic egalitarianism, from which sprang the ideals of freedom and a collective life in solidarity, the autonomous conduct of life and emancipation, the individual morality of conscience, human rights and democracy, is the direct legacy of the Judaic ethic of justice and the Christian ethic of love. This legacy, substantially unchanged, has been the object of a continual critical reappropriation and reinterpretation. Up to this very day there is no alternative to it. And in light of the current challenges of a post-national constellation, we must draw sustenance now, as in the past, from this substance. Everything else is idle postmodern talk. ↗

— Jürgen Habermas

#freedom #justice #politics #postmodernism #rights

i don't know the ethics, but some times sex is at highest priority in a relationship. ↗

— Nikhil Yadav

#philosophy #sex #love

For there has never been a story nearly as tragic as the one of Frankenstein, except for that of Johnny Heart and his Francesca Valentine. ↗

— Rae Hachton

#heartbreak #horror #horror-romance #love #paranormal-romance

Your inability to see the wisdom in someone else is not a reflection on their lack of perspicacity, it is a reflection on yours. ↗

— Ilyas Kassam

#ilyas #kindness #love #omnipotence #perception

Let me say, at the risk of seeming ridiculous, that the true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love. ↗

— Che Guevara

#love

Why?" I whispered. "Why do you love me?" "God told me to," she said softly. "He told me that you were the one." "When?" "In preschool - when you freaked out just because I got my hair cut." I pulled back from her and looked to see if she was serious. She was. ↗

— L.N. Cronk

#love #puppy-love #romance #soulmates #love

I love you times infinity.” “Ditto, babe.” He kissed me softly. ↗

— Alexandria Rhodes

#more-than-you-know #romance-love #love

Love for All All for Love ↗

— Josko J. Sestan

#love

Am I sounding creepy? Love is sort of creepy. When you fall in love, you presuppose all sorts of things about the person. You superimpose all kinds of ideals and fantasies on them. You create all manner of unrealistic, untenable, unsatisfiable criteria for that person, automatically guaranteeing their failure and your heartbreak. And what do we call it? Romance. Now that’s creepy. ↗

— Dianne Touchell

#love #romance #truth #love

Съдбата не означава, че животът ти е предначертан. Затова е признак на пълно невежество да оставиш всичко на съдбата и да не допринасяш дейно за музиката на всемира. ... Съдбата ти – това е равнището, където ще свириш своята мелодия. Едва ли ще смениш инструмента, но зависи единствено от теб доколко добре ще свириш. ↗

— Elif Shafak

#love