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Otherness Quotes (page 238)

Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "It is man's unique privilege, among all other organisms. By..."
It is man's unique privilege, among all other organisms. By pursuing falsehood you will arrive at the truth! Fyodor Dostoevsky
Look, if you say that science will eventually prove there is no God, on that I must differ. No matter how small they take it back, to a tadpole, to an atom, there is always something they can’t explain, something that created it all at the end of the search. “And no matter how far they try to go the other way – to extend life, play around with the genes, clone this, clone that, live to one hundred and fifty – at some point, life is over. And then what happens? When the life comes to an... Mitch Albom
George MacDonald quote: "As you grow ready for it, somewhere or other you will find..."
As you grow ready for it, somewhere or other you will find what is needful for you in a book. George MacDonald
... dream's evanescence, the way in which, on awakening, our thoughts thrust it aside as something bizarre, and our reminiscences mutilating or rejecting it—all these and many other problems have for many hundred years demanded answers which up till now could never have been satisfactory. Sigmund Freud
As for the piano, the faster her fingers flew over it, the more he marveled. She struck the keys with aplomb and ran from one end of the keyboard to the other without a stop. Gustave Flaubert
Peter was not quite like other boys; but he was afraid at last. A tremour ran through him, like a shudder passing over the sea; but on the sea one shudder follows another till there are hundreds of them, and Peter felt just the one. Next moment he was standing erect on the rock again, with that smile on his face and a drum beating within him. It was saying, "To die will be an awfully big adventure. J. M. Barrie
Farber says (in my recollection, anyway) the European (or classical) art, including film, is culturally assumed to be a monumental slab. It's about that slab, and how it's been shaped, or what's been carved on it. In "termite art" though, your slab has been wormholed countless times, and its meaning is really taking place in the resulting interstices. The actual art of the piece, in other words, and your enjoyment of it, is taking place in the cracks, and the shape of the slab is coincidental... William Gibson
For me, that emotional payoff is what it’s all about. I want you to laugh or cry when you read a story...or do both at the same time. I want your heart, in other words. If you want to learn something, go to school. Stephen King
The most formidable chains are forged from beliefs. Ah, beliefs! Beliefs tear out the eyes and leave us blind and groping in the dark. If I believe in one proposition, I have become locked behind the door of that belief, and all other doors to learning and freedom, although standing open and waiting for me to enter, are now closed to me. If I believe in one God, one religion, yes, if I believe in God at all, if I have closed my mind to magic, to spirit, to salvation, to the unknown dimension... Gerry Spence
Marcus Aurelius quote: "Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so..."
Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them. Marcus Aurelius
Sarah McLachlan quote: "We're constantly being told what other people think we are,..."
We're constantly being told what other people think we are, and that's why it is so important to know yourself. Sarah McLachlan
Just Me, Just Me. Sweet Marie, she loves just me(She also loves Maurice Mc. Ghee).No she don't, she loves just me(She also loves Louise Dupree).No she don't, she loves just me(She also loves the willow tree).No she don't, she loves just me!(Poor, poor fool, why can't you see. She can love others and still love thee.) Shel Silverstein
Simone de Beauvoir quote: "One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the..."
One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, and compassion Simone de Beauvoir
I was making pancakes the other day and a fly flew into the kitchen. And that's when I realized that a spatula is a lot like a fly swatter. And a crushed fly is a lot like a blueberry. And a roommate is a lot like a fly eater. Demetri Martin
I know now, Lord, why you utter no answer. You are yourself the answer. Before your face questions die away. What other answer would suffice? C. S. Lewis

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