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“To seek truth requires one to ask the right questions. Those void of truth never ask about anything because their ego and arrogance prevent them from doing so. Therefore, they will always remain ignorant. Those on the right path to Truth are extremely heart-driven and childlike in their quest, always asking questions, always wanting to understand and know everything — and are not afraid to admit they don't know something. However, every truth seeker does need to breakdown their ego first to see Truth. If the mind is in the way, the heart won't see anything.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

tags: arrogance, arrogant, ask-questions, asking-questions, asking-questions-quotes, brain, child, childlike, ego, egoism, egotism, fake, god, heart, ignorance, lies, media, mind, news, path, quest, question, questions-and-answers, reason, religion, road-to-truth, seeking, true, truth, truth-seeker, understand, understanding, untrue

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“აქედან წასული, ექვსი დღისა და შვიდი ღამის შემდეგ ჩადიხარ ზობედიაში, მთვარით განათებულ თეთრ ქალაქში. ქუჩები ისეა დახვეული, როგორც ძაფი გორგალში. მის დაარსებაზე ასე ჰყვებიან: სხვადასხვა ეროვნების კაცებმა ერთი და იგივე სიზმარი ნახეს - ვიღაც უცხო ქალი ღამით უცხო ქალაქის ქუჩებში მირბოდა. ქალი ზურგიდან დაინახეს, გრძელი თმა გაეშალა, შიშველი იყო. ესიზმრათ, თითქოს ქალს უკან გაედევნენ, მაგრამ ბოლოს მაინც დაკარგეს. ზმანების შემდეგ ის ქალაქი ბევრი ეძებეს. ქალაქი ვერა, მაგრამ ერთმანეთი კი იპოვეს. გადაწყვიტეს, სიზმარში ნანახის მსგავსი ქალაქი აეგოთ. ქუჩები თითოეულმა ისე გაიყვანა, როგორც სიზმარში ქალის დევნისას ენახა. იმ ადგილას, სადაც ქალის კვალი დაიკარგა, კედლები ისე დაგეგმეს, ქალი ვეღარსად გაქცეულიყო.”
― Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities

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“On the Rules of Perspective
A bad trick. Mistake. Dishonesty. These are the views of Braque. Why? Braque rejected perspective. Why? Someone who spends his life drawing profiles will end up believing that man has one eye, Braque felt. Braque wanted to take full possession of objects. He said as much in published interviews. Watching the small shiny planes of the landscape recede out of his grasp filled Braque with loss so he smashed them. Nature morte, said Braque.”
― Anne Carson, Plainwater: Essays and Poetry

tags: art, perspective

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“You’re a dreamer, boy,” he said. “Your mind is on the moon, and from the looks of things, it’s never
going to be anywhere else. You have no ambitions, you don’t give a damn about money, and you’re
too much of a philosopher to have any feeling for art. What am I going to do with you? You need
someone to look after you, to make sure you have food in your belly and a bit of cash in your pocket.
Once I’m gone, you’ll be right back where you started.”
― Paul Auster, Moon Palace

tags: boy, dreamer, life, moon

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“Being born a woman is my awful tragedy. From the moment I was conceived I was doomed to sprout breasts and ovaries rather than penis and scrotum; to have my whole circle of action, thought and feeling rigidly circumscribed by my inescapable feminity. Yes, my consuming desire to mingle with road crews, sailors and soldiers, bar room regulars--to be a part of a scene, anonymous, listening, recording--all is spoiled by the fact that I am a girl, a female always in danger of assault and battery. My consuming interest in men and their lives is often misconstrued as a desire to seduce them, or as an invitation to intimacy. Yet, God, I want to talk to everybody I can as deeply as I can. I want to be able to sleep in an open field, to travel west, to walk freely at night...”
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

tags: equality, feminism, feminism-woman-submission

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