The stronger a culture, the less it fears the radical fringe. The more paranoid and precarious a culture, the less tolerance it offers.
Joel SalatinTag: philosophy culture
When faith in our freedom gives way to fear of our freedom, silencing the minority view becomes the operative protocol.
Joel SalatinTag: minority freedom philosophy
Then the lover, who is true and no counterfeit, must of necessity be loved by his love.
PlatoTag: philosophy
Piety, then, is that which is dear to the gods, and impiety is that which is not dear to them.
PlatoTag: philosophy
No matter how you care to define it, I do not identify with the local group. Planet, species, race, nation, state, religion, party, union, club, association, neighborhood improvement committee; I have no interest in any of it. I love and treasure individuals as I meet them, I loathe and despise the groups they identify with and belong to.
George CarlinTag: humor philosophy
Concerning Concealment as a symptom of love for Krsna:
"It has been stated, 'although Srimati Radharani developed a deep loving affection for Krsna, She hid Her attitude in the core of Her heart so that others could not detect Her actual condition.
Tag: philosophy religion spirituality india chapter-30 krsna
Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.
Eric HofferTag: politics philosophy belief movements
A farm includes the passion of the farmer's heart, the interest of the farm's customers, the biological activity in the soil, the pleasantness of the air about the farm -- it's everything touching, emanating from, and supplying that piece of landscape. A farm is virtually a living organism. The tragedy of our time is that cultural philosophies and market realities are squeezing life's vitality out of most farms. And that is why the average farmer is now 60 years old. Serfdom just doesn't attract the best and brightest.
Joel SalatinTag: philosophy farming
A farm regulated to production of raw commodities is not a farm at all. It is a temporary blip until the land is used up, the water polluted, the neighbors nauseated, and the air unbreathable. The farmhouse, the concrete, the machinery, and outbuildings become relics of a bygone vibrancy when another family farm moves to the city financial centers for relief.
Joel SalatinTag: philosophy farming
Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger, portion of truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant.
Edgar Allan PoeTag: life truth philosophy irrelevance relevance
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