Quotes of: Modern-times Keyword

That nagging state of constant thought that exists somewhere between the ears and behind the eyes is the self.

#Human: Learning To Live In Modern Times

The rare opportunity to exist, no matter how brief, is worth the pain left in the wake of its disappearance.

#Human: Learning To Live In Modern Times

Language has created a barrier that prevents us from seeing existence as it truly is.

#Human: Learning To Live In Modern Times

If something’s existence is contingent upon the existence of another entity, can we truthfully call them separate beings?

#Human: Learning To Live In Modern Times

We are just too busy trying to appear smart to realize how intelligent we actually are.

#Human: Learning To Live In Modern Times

Self-improvement is generally a removal of a vice rather than an acquisition of a virtue.

#Human: Learning To Live In Modern Times

Our social contract is becoming an exchange of free thought for mindless stimuli.

#Human: Learning To Live In Modern Times

We are only different because there exists something to be different from, and it is this difference that bonds us.

#Human: Learning To Live In Modern Times

Most people operate within a margin of plus or minus several minutes.

Revolution in Time: Clocks and the Making of the Modern World

... if one is to rely on human judges, it is very important that they never admit to error.

Revolution in Time: Clocks and the Making of the Modern World

A modern culture built on the back of dying gods immerses me.

Pagan Standard Times: Essays on the Craft

Indications, of course, are not enough. Knowledge of the time must be combined with obedience -- what social scientists like to call time discipline. The indications are in effect commands, for responsiveness to these cues is imprinted on us and we i...

Revolution in Time: Clocks and the Making of the Modern World

Deep down I believe each of us is a well-spring of understanding and wisdom, but we simply never allow the space or time for this understanding to rise to the level of conscious thought.

#Human: Learning To Live In Modern Times

The real luxury travel of the modern age is not through space; it's through time.

Nancy Gibbs

The most obvious, most absurdly recognizable phenomena in day-to-day life often become the hardest to remain consciously aware of.

#Human: Learning To Live In Modern Times

The more closely two organisms depend upon each other the harder it becomes to tell where one organism ends and the other begins.

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Constantly re-evaluating your purpose is the best way to ensure that you are pursuing the goals of who you are and not who you used to be.

#Human: Learning To Live In Modern Times

All of the great writers and sages we are so quick to quote have simply given their interpretation of what it means to be human.

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In mastering one thing, you have mastered all things because you have learned how to learn.

#Human: Learning To Live In Modern Times

When you give your weakness permission to be because you understand that it is simply an expression of your strength, it tends to no longer be a weakness.

#Human: Learning To Live In Modern Times

Choosing to forgo the small rewards of society now will lead to the monumental rewards of becoming a person of value later.

#Human: Learning To Live In Modern Times