Pseudostructures Quotes & Sayings

It is not enough for us to perform the works of virtue, exercising obedience, excepting poverty or disgrace or practicing humility or detachment in some other way; rather we should strive ceaselessly until we attain the essence and ground of virtue. And we can tell if we have attained this or not by asking whether we find ourselves inclined to virtue above all else and perform the works of virtue without prior preparation of the will, practicing virtue without the ulterior motive even of a great and good cause, so that the virtuous act in fact happen spontaneously on account of love of virtue and without asking 'what for?' Then and only then do we have the perfect possession of virtue. — Meister Eckhart

He was the mighty Fezzik, lover of rhymes, and you did not give up, no matter what. — William Goldman

It must always be remembered that all laws are naturally and inevitably evolved by the strongest force in a community, and in the last analysis made for the protection of the dominant class. — Clarence Darrow

It's LeBron's team. He's the captain. This is the time in my career where I can fit in. I'm now in the security business. My job is to protect the King, and that's what I'm here to do. — Shaquille O'Neal

Where did biology, morality, literature, and philosophy intersect? — Paul Kalanithi

There should be a name for the syndrome that occurs when you're in Paris and you already miss it. — Rosecrans Baldwin

A church without a missions or a mission without the church are both contradictions. Such things do exist, but only as pseudostructures — Carl Braaten

Heaven to me is percussion and bass, a screaming guitar and a burbling Hammond B-3 organ. It's a soup I love being immersed in. — Dan Aykroyd

Repentance is of such importance, that there is no being saved without it. — Thomas Watson