Herewith my latest collection of recently encountered quotes which interested or amused. And a good long list it is this month …
Naturism … is much more than simply shedding one’s clothes. It is a philosophy deeply ingrained in the principles of freedom, equality, and respect. At its core, naturism advocates for the acceptance of the human body in its natural, unadorned state. This acceptance goes beyond mere tolerance, striving to cultivate a sense of self-respect and a respectful acknowledgment of others, regardless of their physical attributes. The movement encourages individuals to view the body as normal and natural, rather than an object of sexualization or shame.
[Nancy M; https://justnaturism.com/understanding-the-difference-between-naturism-and-primitive-living/]
A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking.
[Jerry Seinfeld, American comedian and actor]
Education is not memorizing that Hitler killed 6 million Jews. Education is understanding how millions of ordinary Germans were convinced that it was required. Education is learning how to spot the signs of history repeating itself.
[Noam Chomsky]
Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once needful for the wise to know.
[JRR Tolkien]
I don’t think people realise how the establishment became established. It simply stole the land and property off the poor, surrounded themselves with weak minded sycophants for protection, gave themselves titles and have been wielding power ever since.
[Tony Benn]
I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.
[Alan Watts]
Speak to people in a way that if they died the next day you’d be satisfied with the last thing you said to them.
[unknown]
The deep critical thinker has become the misfit of the world, this is not a coincidence. To maintain order and control you must isolate the intellectual, the sage, the philosopher, the savant before their ideas awaken people.
[Carl Jung]
When we recognize our place in an immensity of light years and in the passage of ages, when we grasp the intricacy, beauty and subtlety of life, then that soaring feeling, that sense of elation and humility combined, is surely spiritual.
[Carl Sagan]
Atheism is what happens when you read the bible. Christianity is what happens when somebody else reads it for you.
[Bertrand Russell]
Your call is in a queue. We are experiencing a completely normal volume of calls at the moment, but we don’t see a business benefit in hiring more staff.
[unknown]
The current obsession with nostalgia and remake culture is easy to understand when you realize that it’s a symptom of a culture that isn’t allowed to imagine a future.
[unknown]
I prefer working with women. No one has to win or lose, they just get the job done.
[unknown]
The more you know, the more you realize how much you don’t know. The less you know, the more you think you know everything. Knowledge is humbling. Ignorance is arrogant.
[Richard Feynman]
The only labour-saving invention that reliably works is a general strike.
[Thomas Fuchs, @thomasfuchs.at]
You have to accept the fact that sometimes you’re the pigeon and sometimes you’re the statue.
[Claude Chabrol, French film director]
Collective anger is a form of wisdom in a society plagued by numbness. Stoicism won’t save us. Sometimes the most credible response to the terrors of the world is rage.
[Cole Arthur Riley]
Since it is obviously inconceivable that all religions can be right, the most reasonable conclusion is that they are all wrong.
[Christoper Hitchens]
Christianity did not become a major religion by the quality of its truth, but by the quantity of its violence.
[Michael Sherlock]
The King of England lies dying and one of his sons has been exiled. A princess has vanished. Plague stalks the land and the Treasury has been plundered.
NOW is the time for strange women lying in ponds to distribute swords to form the basis of government.
[Paul Tichonczuk, @paultk@mastodon.social]