Umberto Eco on Learning and Responsibility
“Then why do you want to know?” “Because learning does not consist only of knowing what we must or we can do, but also of knowing what we could do and perhaps should not do.”
Umberto Eco
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John Trudell on Observation and Writing
“A lot of my writing is basically about observation, and things that I’ve seen, either through personal experiences or the experiences of people around me, or society at large.”
John Trudell
“Nothing to Do but Dance” – Quote by Umberto Eco
“When you are on the dancefloor, there is nothing to do but dance.”
Umberto Eco
Erich Fromm on Pain, Detachment and Happiness
“To spare oneself from grief at all cost can be achieved only at the price of total detachment, which excludes the ability to experience happiness”
Erich Fromm
Quote on Integrity and Identity by Erich Fromm
“Integrity simply means not violating one’s own identity.”
Erich Fromm
Live Every Day – Jonathan Swift
“Live every day as your last, because one of these days, it will be.”
Jonathan Swift
Quote by Gore Vidal on Emperor Justinian and Sodomy
“At least when the Emperor Justinian, a sky-god man, decided to outlaw sodomy, he had to come up with a good practical reason, which he did. It is well known, Justinian declared, that buggery is a principal cause of earthquakes, and so must be prohibited. But our sky-godders, always eager to hate, still quote Leviticus, as if that looney text had anything useful to say about anything except, perhaps, the inadvisability of eating shellfish in the Jerusalem area.”
Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal Quote on Criticism of Christianity and Society
“Which other major religion is based on the Godhead incarnate being whipped, tacked to a cross, stabbed? Only the Marquis de Sade could have made up a sicker religion. It’s no wonder that those brought up in such a culture hate life and enjoy inflicting pain. All societies are sick but some are sicker than others. Christian societies are certainly the sickest.”
Gore Vidal
Quote by Gore Vidal about Writers and Characters
“Each writer is born with a repertory company in his head. Shakespeare has perhaps 20 players. … I have 10 or so, and thats a lot. As you get older, you become more skillful at casting them.”
Gore Vidal
Quote by Stephen King about Darkness and Light
“It was the possibility of darkness that made the day seem so bright.”
Stephen King