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Rome & Jerusalem

by Moses Hess

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Jun 06, 2017 06:12AM

“We’ve bought into the idea that education is about training and “success”, defined monetarily, rather than learning to think critically and to challenge. We should not forget that the true purpose of education is to make minds, not careers. A culture that does not grasp the vital interplay between morality and power, which mistakes management techniques for wisdom, which fails to understand that the measure of a civilization is its compassion, not its speed or ability to consume, condemns itself to death.”
― Chris Hedges, Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle

tags: education

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“When we are lonely we not only react more intensely to the negatives; we also experience less of a soothing uplift from the positives.”
― John T. Cacioppo, Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection

tags: loneliness

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“Your Life Determines Your Journey & Your Journey Determines Your Life”
― Charleston Parker, One Soul, Many Faces: Revealing the Hidden Truth

tags: author, book, charleston, egypt, egyptology, faces, god, jesus-christ, many, mithras, mythology, one, parker, philosophy, religion, rome, soul

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“When nothing in society deserves respect, we should fashion for ourselves in solitude new silent loyalties.”
― Nicólas Gómez Dávila

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“Once you’ve been to Cambodia, you’ll never stop wanting to beat Henry Kissinger to death with your bare hands. You will never again be able to open a newspaper and read about that treacherous, prevaricating, murderous scumbag sitting down for a nice chat with Charlie Rose or attending some black-tie affair for a new glossy magazine without choking. Witness what Henry did in Cambodia – the fruits of his genius for statesmanship – and you will never understand why he’s not sitting in the dock at The Hague next to Milošević.”
― Anthony Bourdain

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