Amitai Shenhav Quotes & Sayings

We cannot gain an essential knowledge of man through any method that is based on externalization of man's inner being and the placing of this externalized man, of the man who stands at the rim of the wheel of existence, as the subject that knows. If "essential" has any meaning at all, it must be related to the essence, to the Centre or axis which at once generates the spokes and the rim. Only the higher can comprehend the lower, for to "comprehend" means literally "to encompass", and only that which stands on a higher level of existence can encompass that which lies below it. The essence of man, that which is essential to human nature, can be understood only by the intellect, through "the eye of the heart" as traditionally understood. — Seyyed Hossein Nasr

Discipline is necessary to curb the mind, otherwise there is no peace. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

Patriotism is not defined by loyalty to a particular elected official or political party. Indeed, excess loyalty to a single individual or party is the very antithesis of patriotism, as it places fealty to that individual or party over allegiance to the country, its interests, and its values. True patriotism is measured by the extent to which one believes in, and is willing to fight for and defend, the defining values and core principles of our country. — Glenn Greenwald

You're pissed I laid it out and you're gonna go nurse your snit — Kristen Ashley

The most difficult thing is to go to heaven without God. — Franklin Jentezen

When I really feel like dancing, I want someone who knows how to lead. — Peter Stamm

I don't want to live my life like a story. Always thinkin I could've been something. Don't run along side and control me. Just film away and let me be. — Tegan Quin

Anytime you get a chance to play some extreme character, in any direction, it's always a great blessing. — Billy Bob Thornton

your God is the only warden of a prison where the only prisoner is your God. — Jose Saramago

I drink tons of water, because with the entire running around you can get dehydrated. — Jasmine Tookes

I have always thought that the photographer does artistic work and that art consists of working with fictional premises. — Joan Fontcuberta

Bodies like the earth are not made to move on curved orbits by a force called gravity; instead, they follow the nearest thing to a straight path in a curved space, which is called a geodesic. A geodesic is the shortest (or longest) path between two nearby points. — Stephen Hawking

The April winds are magical, And thrill our tuneful frames; The garden-walks are passional To bachelors and dames. — Ralph Waldo Emerson