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Ben Okri Quote: “The worst time was 1983. Love…”

The worst time was 1983. Love and life and everything went wrong. I reached absolute rock bottom. I saw the Minotaur at the bottom of the abyss. I learnt of the harshness of the world and its impartiality to human failure.

October 25, 2021 1959, Ben Okri, March 15, Nigerian, Quotes by Poets

Maimonides Quote: “Now, we occupy a lowly position…”

Now, we occupy a lowly position, both in space and rank in comparison with the heavenly sphere, and the Almighty is Most High not in space, but with respect to absolute existence, greatness and power.

October 18, 2021 1135, Maimonides, March 30, Quotes by Philosophers, Spanish

Herbert Marcuse Quote: “The criterion for free choice can…”

The criterion for free choice can never be an absolute one, but neither is it entirely relative.

October 2, 2021 1898, German, Herbert Marcuse, July 18, Quotes by Philosophers

Bertrand Russell Quote: “Mathematics takes us into the region…”

Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual word, but every possible word, must conform.

August 16, 2021 1872, Bertrand Russell, British, May 18, Quotes by Philosophers

Simon Schama Quote: “I did an audiobook for ‘Rough…”

I did an audiobook for ‘Rough Crossings,’ which I thought was one of the best books I had published. But it was an absolute embarrassment to read it. All these horrible mucked-up bits of syntax, over-the-top adjectives. I found myself editing it while reading. Alert listeners will notice the difference.

August 7, 2021 1945, British, February 13, Quotes by Historians, Simon Schama

Josiah Royce Quote: “God too longs; and because the…”

God too longs; and because the Absolute Life itself, which dwells in our life, and inspires these very longings, possesses the true world, and is that world.

July 22, 2021 1855, American, Josiah Royce, November 20, Quotes by Philosophers

Sylvia Plath Quote: “I saw the first of the…”

I saw the first of the 7-mile-long column appear – red and orange and green banners, ‘Ban the Bomb!’ etc., shining and swaying slowly. Absolute silence. I found myself weeping to see the tan, dusty marchers, knapsacks on their backs – Quakers and Catholics, Africans and whites, Algerians and French – 40 percent were London housewives.

June 10, 2021 1932, American, October 27, Quotes by Poets, Sylvia Plath

Brendan Myers Quote: “Perhaps this is one of the…”

Perhaps this is one of the last remaining strands of my Catholic upbringing, but to me the word ‘worship’ means absolute unquestioning affirmation of the authority of the deity. I’ll not have that in my life. If you are wise, neither will you.

June 3, 2021 1974, Brendan Myers, Canadian, July 4, Quotes by Philosophers

Bertrand Russell Quote: “Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in…”

Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a sense, absolute philosophies; one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy should dissipate is certainty, whether of knowledge or ignorance.

May 29, 2021 1872, Bertrand Russell, British, May 18, Quotes by Philosophers

Jiang Zemin Quote: “The theory of relativity worked out…”

The theory of relativity worked out by Mr. Einstein, which is in the domain of natural science, I believe can also be applied to the political field. Both democracy and human rights are relative concepts – and not absolute and general.

May 24, 2021 1926, August 17, Chinese, Jiang Zemin, Quotes by Leaders

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