#do

I dared, for the first and last time in my life, to express a theological conclusion: "But how can a necessary being exist totally polluted with the possible? What difference is there, then, between God and primogenial chaos? Isn't affirming God's absolute omnipotence and His absolute freedom with regard to His own choices tantamount to demonstrating that God does not exist? ↗

— Umberto Eco

#chaos #creation #divine-will #omnipotence #theology

What indeed is life, unless so far as it is enjoyed? It does not merit the name. ↗

— William Godwin

#enjoyed #far #indeed #life #merit

Darwin did not know what a bitter satire he wrote on mankind ... when he showed that free competition, the struggle for existence, which the economists celebrate as the highest historical achievement, is the normal state of the animal kingdom. Only conscious organization of social production, in which production and distribution are carried on in a planned way, can lift mankind above the rest of the animal. ↗

— Friedrick Engels

#democracy #engelism #free-thinker #free-thought #freedom

Age does not bring you wisdom, age brings you wrinkles. ↗

— Estelle Getty

#bring #brings #does #wisdom #wrinkles

A Democrat has to show the toughness to govern. People don't doubt that Republicans will be tough. ↗

— Al From

#doubt #govern #people #republicans #show

Even if there are instances in which it can be mistook by onlookers, never fool yourself into using misunderstood genius as an excuse to be a fool. ↗

— Criss Jami

#falsehood #fool #foolish #genius #honesty

I love being a mum but I do love to work too. ↗

— Jenny Frost

#i #i do #i love #love #mum

A freedom which is interested only in denying freedom must be denied. And it is not true that the recognition of the freedom of others limits my own freedom: to be free is not to have the power to do anything you like; it is to be able to surpass the given toward an open future; the existence of others as a freedom defines my situation and is even the condition of my own freedom. I am oppressed if I am thrown into prison, but not if I am kept from throwing my neighbor into prison. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#existentialism #morality #freedom

I've had four children and I've done a good job and I'm happy in life. ↗

— Sadie Frost

#done #four #good #good job #had

The difference between a terrorist and a freedom fighter is a matter of perspective: it all depends on the observer and the verdict of history. ↗

— Pentti Linkola

#noremorse #terrorism #terrorist #war #freedom