#void

The avoiding, in many times and places, has proved so difficult that a very large part of the human race failed to achieve it. But in our own time and place it is extremely easy. Avoid silence, avoid solitude, avoid any train of thought that leads off the beaten track. Concentrate on money, sex, status, health and (above all) on your own grievances. Keep the radio on. Live in a crowd. Use plenty of sedation. If you must read books, select them very carefully, but you’d be safer to stick to the papers. You’ll find the advertisements helpful; especially those with a sexy or snobbish appeal. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#distraction #god #spiritual-intimacy #money

There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect of having to think about it. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#decisions #ideas #life #significance #thinking

The philosopher ought never to try to avoid the duty of making up his mind. ↗

— Mortimer Adler

#duty #his #making #making up #mind

I think by laying it out for the viewer I'm avoiding the issue of bias. ↗

— Dan Abrams

#bias #i #i think #issue #laying

I think it's really important to mix cardio with toning, so I love boxing and then add in Pilates or ballet to keep me long and lean and avoid bulking up. ↗

— Lily Aldridge

#avoid #ballet #boxing #cardio #i

I've been trying to avoid goal-oriented behavior. ↗

— Laurie Anderson

#been #behavior #i #trying

People who avoid the brick walls - all power to ya, but we all have to hit them sometimes in order to push through to the next level, to evolve. ↗

— Jennifer Aniston

#brick #evolve #hit #level #next

I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the American black man's problem just to avoid violence. ↗

— Malcolm X

#american #avoid #black #continue #i

Normally, however, I try to avoid repetitions of any shot. ↗

— Michelangelo Antonioni

#avoid #however #i #normally #repetitions

We may not commit a lesser Sin under pretence to avoid a greater, but we may, nay we ought to endure the greatest Pain and Grief rather than commit the least Sin. ↗

— Mary Astell

#commit #endure #greater #greatest #grief