Macbeth Chaos And Order Quotes & Sayings

Our growing dependence on technologies no one seems to understand or control has given rise to feelings of powerlessness and victimization. We find it more and more difficult to achieve a sense of continuity, permanence, or connection with the world around us. Relationships with others are notably fragile; goods are made to be used up and discarded; reality is experienced as an unstable environment of flickering images. Everything conspires to encourage escapist solutions to the psychological problems of dependence, separation, and individuation, and to discourage the moral realism that makes it possible for human beings to come to terms with existential constraints on their power and freedom. — Christopher Lasch

For Aristotle, it is not within our power to seek anything else, and thus /all/ acts have for their basic purpose the attainment of happiness or that which is good in itself and not merely as a means to something else. — Robert F. Almeder

This being understood, let us proceed with our history. — Alexandre Dumas

It was very liberating, living in a foreign country, a place where everything was new and strange - the food, the customs, the climate, everything. — Deborah Moggach

I suppose the shock of recognition is one of the nastiest shocks of all. — Donna Tartt

Broken I run to you for your arms are open wide. I am weary but I know your touch restores my life. — Kathryn Scott

Are you angry that others disappoint you? Remember you cannot depend upon yourself. — Benjamin Franklin