Mjaballah

“A book is an attempt to make through permanent and to contribute to the great conversation conducted by authors of the past. […] The telegraph is suited only to the flashing of messages, each to be quickly replaced by a more up-to-date message. Facts push other facts into and then out of consciousness at speeds that neither permit nor require evaluation. (70)”
― Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

“If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?”
― Rumi

“Be careful about reading health books. Some fine day you'll die of a misprint.”
― Markus Herz

“[M]ost of our daily news is inert, consisting of information that gives us something to talk about but cannot lead to any meaningful action. (68).”
― Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business