When it is forgotten that the first word of political reason is the recognition of the contingency of the political order, every absurdity proves rational.
— Jacques Rancière
When it is forgotten that the first word of political reason is the recognition of the contingency of the political order, every absurdity proves rational.
— Jacques Rancière
If you are looking for the truth, be ready for the unexpected, for it is hard to find and bewildering when you do find it.
— Heraclitus
#twisdom #truth
We are most nearly ourselves when we achieve the seriousness of the child at play.
Heraclitus
#twisdom #play
To think is easy. To act is difficult. To act as one thinks is the most difficult.
Goethe
#twisdom #courage
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform pause and reflect.
Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life.
Those unmindful when they hear, for all they make of their intelligence, may be regarded as the walking dead.
Heraclitus
#twisdom #listening #mindfulness
It is in changing that things find purpose.
Heraclitus
#twisdom #change
We are enriched not by what we possess, but by what we can do without.
Kant
#twisdom #wealth
All friendly feelings toward others are an extension of the friendly feelings a person has for herself.
Aristotle
#twisdom #self-respect