“Man is an angry, savage being. Sometimes faith becomes an excuse for battle. It is no real faith then. In justifying their positions in the name of God, men silence God.”
― C.J. Sansom, quote from Dark Fire
“... there is nothing under the moon, however fine, that is not subject to corruption.”
― C.J. Sansom, quote from Dark Fire
“her whole being dominated by her hatred of the savage God before whom she meant to martyr herself.”
― C.J. Sansom, quote from Dark Fire
“it made me think of all the generations who had lived in this City, dashing and scurrying through their lives, some to leave great monuments and dynasties of children, others rushing only to oblivion.”
― C.J. Sansom, quote from Dark Fire
“justifying their positions in the name of God, men silence God.”
― C.J. Sansom, quote from Dark Fire
C.J. Sansom
Born place: in The United Kingdom
Born date January 1, 1952
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“It's the love of right lures men to wrong.”
― Kim Stanley Robinson, quote from Red Mars
“الحرية الايجابية تقوم في النشاط التلقائي للشخصية الكلية المتكاملة.
لقد قلنا ان الحرية السلبية بنفسها تجعل الفرد كائنا منعزلا وتكون علاقته بالعالم بعيدة ولا تقوم على الثقة والتي تكون نفسه ضعيفة مهددة باستمرار. والنشاط التلقائي هو النشاط الذي يستطيع به الانسان ان يقهر رعب الوحدة دون تضحية بتكامل النفس, ففي التحقق التلقائي للنفس يتحد الانسان من جديد بالعالم وبالانسان وبنفسه. والحب هو المركب الشديد لمثل هذه التلقائية, لا الحب بمعنى اذابة النفس في شخص آخر ولا الحب باعتباره تملكا لشخص آخر, بل الحب باعتباره التاكيد التلقائي للآخرين, باعتباره وحدة الفرد والآخرين على اساس الحفاظ على النفس الفردية. وتكمن الصفة الدينامية للحب في هذه القطبية نفسها: انه ينبع من الحاجة الى قهر الانفصال, انه يفضي الى الوحدة والاتحاد - ومع هذا لا نستأصل تلك الفردانية. والعمل هو المركب الآخر, لا العمل بمعنى النشاط الاضطراري للهرب من الوحدة, ولا العمل كعلاقة بالطبيعة التي تكون في جانب منها علاقة تسيد عليها وفي جانب آخر عبادة وعبودية لمنتجات ايدي الانسان, بل العمل كخلق حيث يصبح الانسان متحدا مع الطبيعة في فعل الخلق. وما يصدق على الحب والعمل يصدق على كل فعل تلقائي سواء كان تحقق لذة حسية او مشاركة في الحياة السياسية للجماعة. انه يؤكد لفردية النفس وفي الوقت نفسه يوحّد النفس بالانسان والطبيعة.
والسمة الاساسية الموجودة في الحرية - ميلاد الفردية والم الوحدة والعزلة- تنحل على مستوى اعلى عن طريق الفعل التلقائي للانسان.”
― Erich Fromm, quote from Escape from Freedom
“I’m fucking desperate to bury myself—feel, lose, find myself—in you, Ry …” he says, the strain in his neck visible and his desperation audible. “You deserve soft and slow, baby, but all I’m going to be able to give you is hard and fast because it’s been so fucking long since I’ve had you.”
― K. Bromberg, quote from Crashed
“The happiness of love is in action; its test is what one is willing to do for others.”
― Lew Wallace, quote from Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
“My mind now has a celebration party and a funeral going on in the same room.”
― Scarlett Thomas, quote from The End of Mr. Y
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