If only it were possible to love without injury – fidelity isn’t enough: I had been faithful to Anne and yet I had injured her. The hurt is in the act of possession: we are too small in mind and body to possess another person without pride or to be possessed without humiliation. In a way I was glad that my wife had struck out at me again – I had forgotten her pain for too long, and this was the only kind of recompense I could give her. Unfortunately the innocent are always involved in any conflict. Always, everywhere, there is some voice crying from a tower.
Graham GreeneTags: life love philosophy guilt
People should decide on the books' meanings for themselves. They'll find a story that attacks such things as cruelty, oppression, intolerance, unkindness, narrow-mindedness, and celebrates love, kindness, open-mindedness, tolerance, curiosity, human intelligence.
Philip PullmanTags: philosophy fantasy sci-fi
One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.
Simone de BeauvoirTags: philosophy feminism
Like all magnificent things, it's very simple.
Natalie BabbittTags: philosophy elegance simplicity
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.
Douglas AdamsTags: humor philosophy science-fiction
Philosophy is common sense with big words.
James MadisonTags: philosophy
There are no ordinary moments.
Dan MillmanTags: wisdom philosophy
The journey is what brings us happiness not the destination.
Dan MillmanTags: wisdom philosophy
Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.
Albert CamusTags: man philosophy human-nature mankind
I know that pain is the most important thing in the universes. Greater than survival, greater than love, greater even than the beauty it brings about. For without pain, there can be no pleasure. Without sadness, there can be no happiness. Without misery there can be no beauty. And without these, life is endless, hopeless, doomed and damned.
Adult. You have become adult.
Tags: inspirational pain philosophy
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