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Emile Durkheim Quote: “Sadness does not inhere in things…”

Sadness does not inhere in things; it does not reach us from the world and through mere contemplation of the world. It is a product of our own thought. We create it out of whole cloth.

December 15, 2019 1858, April 15, Emile Durkheim, French, Quotes by Sociologists

Euripides Quote: “He is not a lover who…”

He is not a lover who does not love forever.

December 15, 2019 480 BC, Euripides, Greek, Quotes by Poets

Aristotle Quote: “Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs…”

Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy.

December 13, 2019 384 BC, Aristotle, Greek, Quotes by Philosophers

Lydia M. Child Quote: “Every human being has, like Socrates…”

Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not always tell us what to do, it always cautions us what not to do.

December 10, 2019 1802, American, February 11, Lydia M. Child, Quotes by Activists

John Searle Quote: “There are clear cases in which…”

There are clear cases in which ‘understanding’ literally applies and clear cases in which it does not apply; and these two sorts of cases are all I need for this argument.

December 9, 2019 1932, American, December 1, John Searle, Quotes by Philosophers

Srikumar Rao Quote: “Galileo got it wrong. The earth…”

Galileo got it wrong. The earth does not revolve around the sun. It revolves around you and has been doing so for decades. At least, this is the model you are using.

December 9, 2019 1951, April 11, Indian, Quotes by Educators, Srikumar Rao

Michel Foucault Quote: “Justice must always question itself, just…”

Justice must always question itself, just as society can exist only by means of the work it does on itself and on its institutions.

December 3, 2019 1926, French, Michel Foucault, October 15, Quotes by Historians

Mahatma Gandhi Quote: “Freedom is not worth having if…”

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.

November 30, 2019 1869, Indian, Mahatma Gandhi, October 2, Quotes by Leaders

Henry B. Eyring Quote: “The pavilion that seems to intercept…”

The pavilion that seems to intercept divine aid does not cover God but occasionally covers us. God is never hidden, yet sometimes we are, covered by a pavilion of motivations that draw us away from God and make Him seem distant and inaccessible.

November 28, 2019 1933, American, Henry B. Eyring, May 31, Quotes by Leaders

Alexander Pope Quote: “Not always actions show the man…”

Not always actions show the man; we find who does a kindness is not therefore kind.

November 27, 2019 1688, Alexander Pope, English, May 21, Quotes by Poets

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