Those who cannot remember
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it without a sense of ironic futility. Errol Morris
Condemning
Our excessive tolerance with
Our excessive tolerance with regard to suicide is due to the fact that, since the state of mind from which it springs is a general one, we cannot condemn it without condemning ourselves; we are too saturated with it not partly to excuse it. Emile Durkheim
College students today are
College students today are drowning in debt, and it is hurting them and hurting our economy. We must find a way to help families pay for college without condemning them to a lifetime of indebtedness. Elizabeth Warren
You are still young,
You are still young, so you think only of your own self. You do not notice the tribulations that occur all around you, to other people. Do not protest; it is true. I am not condemning you. I was as selfish as you, when I was your age. It is the custom of the young … Read more
Do you suppose there\’s
Do you suppose there’s any difference between spring in nature and spring in man? But there we go, praising the one and condemning the other as improper, ashamed that the same laws work eternally through both. E. M. Forster
Every past is worth
Every past is worth condemning. Friedrich Nietzsche
What\’s the meaning of
What’s the meaning of all the pious clamor, condemning cocks and hens? Those who have no teeth are the greatest meat-haters. Franz Grillparzer
The feminization of America
The feminization of America has made emotions sacrosanct while condemning as cold and unfeeling rigorous concepts such as duty andhonor. Propelled by incessant hosannas to woman’s \”finer\” this and \”softer\” that, we make emotional decisions instead of ethical ones and then congratulate ourselves for having \”heart. Florence King
As the only class
As the only class distinction available in a democracy, the college degree has created a caste society as rigid as ancient India’s. Condemning elitism and simultaneously quaking in fear that our children won’t become members of the elite, we send them to college, not to learn, but to \”be\” college graduates, rationalizing our snobbery with … Read more
Unfortunately, for the vast
Unfortunately, for the vast majority of us, a vast majority of the time, we surrender our true autonomy to this illusion of agency. I’m as guilty as anybody, and I write about it in a book. I’m not condemning anybody. Douglas Rushkoff