All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume. Nov 30, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
If we don't believe in free expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all. Nov 30, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
You find yourself refreshed in the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy. Nov 30, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it. Nov 30, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
You don't stop laughing because you grow older. You grow older because you stop laughing. Nov 30, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the real idea of growth, which means leaving things inside us. Nov 30, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I've searched all the parks in all the cities - and found no statues of Committees. Nov 30, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person. Nov 30, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow. Nov 30, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless. Nov 30, 2024 - Fabian Biese>