David Svarrer

“...most of us no longer have the luxury of asking whether a job is genuinely productive, but only whether it pays well and has tolerable conditions.”
― Susan Neiman, Why Grow Up?: Subversive Thoughts for an Infantile Age

“[...] God's message is that we are largely on our own. We are the ones who give moral guidelines body and life. You can take, if you will, your solace in heaven, but you must work out your ethics on earth.”
― Susan Neiman, Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-up Idealists

“Growing up means realizing that no time of one's life is the best one, and resolving to savor every second of joy within reach. You know each will pass, and you no longer experience that as betrayal.”
― Susan Neiman, Why Grow Up?: Subversive Thoughts for an Infantile Age

“Freedom cannot simply mean doing whatever strikes you at the moment: that way you're a slave to any whim or passing fancy. Real freedom involves control over your life as a whole, learning to make plans and promises and decisions, to take responsibility for your actions' consequences.”
― Susan Neiman, Why Grow Up?: Subversive Thoughts for an Infantile Age