Favourite Quotations (Moderator: Frederique)

Love is like gravity. You have to let yourself fall.

Started by spiros

Control is forcing events and people into your way of doing things. Control is the great mask of insecurity. People who use this behavior are deathly afraid of letting others be who they are, so the controller is constantly making demands that keep others off balance. The underlying idea is “If they keep paying attention to me, they won’t run away.”

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Σήμερα οι θρήσκες χώρες είναι αυτές με το μεγαλύτερο επίπεδο βίας και έλλειψης ανοχής... Η αληθινή βάση για την ηθική δεν είναι η πίστη στον Θεό αλλά η κατανόηση στην ταλαιπωρία, στα δεινά του κόσμου.

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Αν ζούσες στη Ρωμαϊκή Αυτοκρατορία τον 1o αιώνα και σου έλεγαν ότι ο χριστιανισμός θα γινόταν η πιο σπουδαία θρησκεία στον κόσμο, θα ακουγόταν σαν ανέκδοτο. Ο χριστιανισμός ήταν μια μικρή ιουδαϊκή σέκτα, στην οποία πίστευαν μερικοί “τρελοί” Παλαιστίνιοι.

Started by spiros

Στις μικρές κοινωνίες, ο κομμουνισμός μπορεί να λειτουργήσει απίστευτα καλά. Διακόσιοι άνθρωποι μπορούν να ζήσουν μαζί με κοινή περιουσία και χωρίς αφεντικά, με θαυμάσιο τρόπο. Αν όμως αυτό το μοντέλο μετακινηθεί σε 200 εκατομμύρια άτομα, απλώς δεν λειτουργεί.

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Στον 20ό αιώνα τα χειρότερα εγκλήματα έγιναν από κομμουνιστές και φασίστες. Ωστόσο, αν ο καπιταλισμός προκαλέσει οικολογική κατάρρευση, θα είναι πλέον το χειρότερο σύστημα.

Started by spiros

Brain mechanisms involved in fundamental pleasures (food and sexual pleasures) overlap with those for higher-order pleasures (for example, monetary, artistic, musical, altruistic, and transcendent pleasures).

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I think mothers and fathers made up the gods because they wanted their children to sleep through the night.

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A widow really hasn't moved on. She's still sort of married. She's just married to a dead guy.

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But what the hell do I do now? Well... The truth is a little scary. The truth is... You can do anything you want. What do you want to do?

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La poesia non è di chi la scrive, ma di chi se ne serve -> Η ποίηση δεν ανήκει σε αυτούς που τη γράφουν, αλλά σε αυτούς που την έχουν ανάγκη

Started by spiros

Ο άνθρωπος των γραμμάτων, ποιητής, πεζογράφος, ιστορικός, χρονογράφος, φιλόσοφος, εμπειρικός, θεωρητικός, ρητορικός, σιβυλλικός, δε μιλεί· γράφει.

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The humanist revolution caused modern Western culture to lose faith and interest in superior mental states, and to sanctify the mundane experiences of the average Joe. Modern Western culture is therefore unique in lacking a special class of people who seek to experience extraordinary mental states.

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History began when humans invented gods, and will end when humans become gods

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Even what people take to be their most personal desires are usually programmed by the imagined order.

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As a species, humans prefer power to truth. We spend far more time and effort on trying to control the world than on trying to understand it – and even when we try to understand it, we usually do so in the hope that understanding the world will make it easier to control it.

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Nations and religions are football clubs on steroids.

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The truth is that truth was never high on the agenda of Homo sapiens. Many people assume that if a particular religion or ideology misrepresents reality, its adherents are bound to discover it sooner or later, because they will not be able to compete with more clear-sighted rivals. Well, that’s just another comforting myth.

Started by spiros