“The human capacity for eternal transformation is the antidote to unbearable suffering and tragedy.”
Jordan Peterson (1962) Canadian clinical psychologist, cultural critic, and professor of psychology
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“The human capacity for eternal transformation is the antidote to unbearable suffering and tragedy.”
Jordan Peterson (1962) Canadian clinical psychologist, cultural critic, and professor of psychology
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Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist
1960s, The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell (1967-1969)
Context: Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and thither, in a wayward course, over a deep ocean of anguish, reaching to the very verge of despair.
Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1021234525626609666 <br class="br">Donald Trump on social media, Twitter
“Violence is a form of cinematic entertainment.”
Quentin Tarantino (1963) American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor
BBC interview http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2003/10/06/quentin_tarantino_kill_bill_volume1_interview.shtml
Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980) Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar-- a professor of English literature, a literary critic, and a …
1970s, The Education of Mike McManus, TVOntario, December 28 1977
Leanne Wood (1971) Welsh Plaid Cymru politician
Barcelona reaction: Leanne Wood comments spark outrage https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-40974199, BBC News, 18 August 2017 <br class="br">2017
Simone Weil (1909–1943) French philosopher, Christian mystic, and social activist
Une âme ... n'est pas faite pour habiter une chose ; quand elle y est contrainte, il n’est plus rien en elle qui ne souffre violence.
in The Simone Weil Reader, p. 155
Simone Weil : An Anthology (1986), The Iliad or The Poem of Force (1940-1941)
“You forget that the kingdom of heaven suffers violence: and the kingdom of heaven is like a woman.”
James Joyce (1882–1941) Irish novelist and poet
Exiles (1915), Act II http://www.robotwisdom.com/jaj/exiles2.html