“In an ever-changing, incomprehensible world the masses had reached the point where they would, at the same time, believe everything and nothing, think that everything was possible and that nothing was true. ... Mass propaganda discovered that its audience was ready at all times to believe the worst, no matter how absurd, and did not particularly object to being deceived because it held every statement to be a lie anyhow. The totalitarian mass leaders based their propaganda on the correct psychological assumption that, under such conditions, one could make people believe the most fantastic statements one day, and trust that if the next day they were given irrefutable proof of their falsehood, they would take refuge in cynicism; instead of deserting the leaders who had lied to them, they would protest that they had known all along that the statement was a lie and would admire the leaders for their superior tactical cleverness.”
― The Origins of Totalitarianism
― The Origins of Totalitarianism
“The heart itself cannot break, for its very nature is soft and open. What breaks open when we see things as they are is the protective shell of ego identity we have built around ourselves in order to avoid feeling pain. When the heart breaks out of this shell, we feel quite raw and vulnerable. Yet that is also the beginning of feeling real compassion for ourselves and others. —John Welwood Ordinary Magic”
― When Love Meets Fear: Becoming Defense-less and Resource-full
― When Love Meets Fear: Becoming Defense-less and Resource-full
“It was words that I fell for. In the end, it was words that broke my heart.”
― Memories
― Memories
“She was the book that was not written. The sentence that was not scripted. She was the word you wished you could have said.”
― Memories
― Memories
“Sometimes I wonder if she transforms people into animals, or whether she finds the beast inside us, and frees it.”
― Stardust
― Stardust
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