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A playwright has a responsibility in his society not to aid it, or comfort it, but to comment and criticize it.

Islam takes advantage of two structural flaws that exist in the Western society. One is political correctness and other is the decline of morality.

A political society does not live to conduct foreign policy; it would be more correct to say that it conducts foreign policy in order to live.

Democracy is the menopause of Western society, the Grand Climacteric of the body social. Fascism is its middle-aged lust.

Society is now one polished horde, formed of two mighty tries, the Bores and Bored.

And I do believe that the way to change a society, to uplift people - not just their spirit, but to uplift their society and economic base - is through education.

I don't really know that this story has a whole lot of things happen in it. It doesn't really. It's just a record of how things were in my life during this last winter. I guess things happened, but nothing out of the ordinary.

The soul is made of stuff so mysteriously elastic that a single event can make it big enough to contain the infinite.

This is stability at the cost of dependence ? because the primary cause of 'voluntary servitude', i.e. submission to power, even if it's not required – according to Étienne de la Boétie – is simply a habit.5

But the one thing I don't understand is the incessant strain of the mind and will, the diabolical waste of spiritual strength.

You can come and sit by our gate, and listen to the noise of a feasting; but we are clever enough to come to you for a dinner.

He hasn't earned your your mercy. Nessy replied, Mercy isn't earned. It's given.

No — other men's eye's don't do anything for me, I'm afraid. Sulu grinned.

There's a funny smell around here, anyway. I think it's mediocrity.

The origin of criticism lies in an innocent, heartfelt kind of question, one that is far from simple and that carries enormous risk: Did you feel that? Was it good for you? Tell the truth.

the essence of criticism is conversation - a passionate, rational argument about a shared experience

not so much looking for the shape as being available to any shape that may be summoning itself through me from the self not mine but ours.

Where did you learn that smile? Have you been practicing in front of a holo of Han Solo? Mara to Luke

Masturbating to violence against women is an "essential, basic and natural drive" that is protected by the U.S. constitution. Sex is collapsed with sexual abuse; misogyny with free speech.

Don't worry, I say, putting a PG Tips tea bag in her mug. It's been happening for years. It's not getting worse. Besides, I'm not hearing voice, I'm overhearing them. I just don't know what they are saying.

I tried not to think of this as an omen, but unwelcome thoughts enter my head all the time.

And this is my most selfish thought, that if I lose the people I love what is left of my own life will consist only of grief.

From Delhi to Palam Is the realm of Shah Alam.

Theology starts with dogmas, philosophy begins with problems. Philosophy sees the problem first, theology has the answer in advance