Quotes of: Western-culture Keyword

I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one's self-respect.

Fools, Martyrs, Traitors: The Story of Martyrdom in the Western World

It is not the outer objects that entangle us. It is the inner clinging that entangles us." - Tilopa

Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World

Truth is a continuous examination, and Fact... always supersedes belief.

African Origins of the Major "Western Religions"

Liberation from the tyranny of the body contributes to greatness, but just as much to greatness in sin as to greatness in virtue.

A History of Western Philosophy

The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of the instincts leading men to philosophy.

A History of Western Philosophy

Romance only comes into existence where love is fatal, frowned upon and doomed by life itself.

Love in the Western World

The spaces between stars are where the work of the universe is done.

This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind

Many journalists are influenced by a myopic multiculturalism that is suspicious of anything Western, while giving the benefit of the doubt to non-Western societies.

Nancy Pearcey

I was in love with this character of Ray Krebbs. I wanted the part badly. I had done several Western films in my career at that point and there wasn't much opportunity then to play Western roles on television at that time.

Steve Kanaly

Schoolmaster: [to his students] You are the life of the Fatherland! You are the iron men of Germany!

All Quiet on the Western Front

Where I work, in the Arab region, people are busy taking up Western innovations and changing them into things which are neither conventionally Western, nor are they traditionally Islamic.

Shereen El Feki

Since the 1960s, mainstream media has searched out and co-opted the most authentic things it could find in youth culture, whether that was psychedelic culture, anti-war culture, blue jeans culture. Eventually heavy metal culture, rap culture, electro...

Douglas Rushkoff

Many lessons can be learned from the history of Western civilization, but one of them is especially clear. Lack of involvement in the affairs of one's society can lead to a sense of powerlessness. In an age that is often crisis-laden and chaotic, an ...

Jackson J. Spielvogel

We should never denigrate any other culture but rather help people to understand the relationship between their own culture and the dominant culture. When you understand another culture or language, it does not mean that you have to lose your own cul...

Edward T. Hall

I'm interested in youth culture and popular culture.

Marc Newson

Damn, you’re soft. I have trouble keeping my hands off you.”

Doms of Dark Haven 2: Western Nights

Watch people when they win, and you will learn something. But watch them when they lose, and you will learn even more.

Bound Feet & Western Dress

The revolution in Russia was victorious with the help of the poor peasants. This should always be borne in mind here in Western Europe and all the world over. But the workers in Western Europe stand alone: this should never be forgotten in Russia.

Herman Gorter

The idea of authority, which they represented, was associated in our minds with a greater insight and a more humane wisdom.

All Quiet on the Western Front

The first bombardment showed us our mistake, and under it the world as they had taught it to us broke in pieces.

All Quiet on the Western Front

To a mankind that recognizes the equality of man everywhere, every war becomes a civil war.

Out of Revolution: Autobiography of Western Man