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Bertrand Russell Quote: “Right discipline consists, not in external…”

Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities.

December 10, 2019 1872, Bertrand Russell, British, May 18, Quotes by Philosophers

William Irwin Thompson Quote: “A World is not an ideology…”

A World is not an ideology nor a scientific institution, nor is it even a system of ideologies; rather, it is a structure of unconscious relations and symbiotic processes.

December 9, 2019 1938, American, July 16, Quotes by Philosophers, William Irwin Thompson

Neil MacGregor Quote: “It is a standing source of…”

It is a standing source of astonishment and amusement to visitors that the British Museum has so few British things in it: that it is a museum about the world as seen from Britain rather than a history focused on these islands.

December 9, 2019 1946, British, June 16, Neil MacGregor, Quotes by Historians

Hannah Arendt Quote: “Economic growth may one day turn…”

Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either lead into freedom or constitute a proof for its existence.

December 8, 2019 1906, German, Hannah Arendt, October 14, Quotes by Philosophers

Will Durant Quote: “The trouble with most people is…”

The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.

December 3, 2019 1885, American, November 5, Quotes by Historians, Will Durant

Bayard Rustin Quote: “My activism did not spring from…”

My activism did not spring from my being gay, or, for that matter, from my being black. Rather, it is rooted fundamentally in my Quaker upbringing and the values that were instilled in me by my grandparents who reared me.

December 3, 2019 1910, American, Bayard Rustin, March 17, Quotes by Leaders

Gaston Bachelard Quote: “Reverie is not a mind vacuum….”

Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which knows the plenitude of the soul.

December 2, 2019 1884, French, Gaston Bachelard, June 27, Quotes by Philosophers

Billy Collins Quote: “The pen is an instrument of…”

The pen is an instrument of discovery rather than just a recording implement. If you write a letter of resignation or something with an agenda, you’re simply using a pen to record what you have thought out.

November 29, 2019 1941, American, Billy Collins, March 22, Quotes by Poets

James Laughlin Quote: “Concrete poets continue to turn out…”

Concrete poets continue to turn out beautiful things, but to me they’re more visual than oral, and they almost really belong on the wall rather than in a book. I haven’t the least idea of where poetry is going.

November 26, 2019 1914, American, James Laughlin, October 30, Quotes by Poets

Billy Collins Quote: “Emily Dickinson seems rather tame because…”

Emily Dickinson seems rather tame because she pretty much uses the same meter every time. It’s called ‘common meter.’ It’s a line of four beats that’s followed by a line of three beats.

November 25, 2019 1941, American, Billy Collins, March 22, Quotes by Poets

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