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The physical ego, the active consciousness in man, should uplift its body-identified self into unity with the soul, its true nature; it should not allow itself to remain mired in the lowly delusive strata of the senses and material entanglement. ”
Mythologies are violent things, and to be true to them, you have to go to primal territory. ”
As in the early 20th century, the elemental forces of globalisation have unravelled broad solidarities and loyalties. ”
Governments everywhere that are unable to guarantee equitable growth and social welfare have suffered a fatal decay of legitimacy. ”
There's been a number of erroneous biographies, articles and so on written about Billy and we both thought it would be a good idea to produce a true one. ”
Politicians aren't special. They lie the same way we all do, revealing their true nature under pressure. ”
We demand that people should be true to the pictures we have of them, no matter how repulsive those pictures may be: we prefer the true portrait in all its homogeneity, to one with a detail added which refuses to fit in. ”
We're understandably worried that staring at screens all day, and blogging about our breakfasts, is turning America into a nation of narcissists. But the opposite might be true. ”
I don't like the word 'balance.' To me, that somehow conjures up conflict between work and family... as long as we think of these things as conflicting, we will never have happiness. True happiness comes from integration... of work, family, self, community. ”
I stay true to who I am. ”