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We think that by protecting ourselves from suffering, we are being kind to ourselves. The truth is we only become more fearful,… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children I should ask… — Rachel Carson Copy Share Image
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You could ask: Why are people attracted to narratives that justify the terrible things that we're doing to the planet? Why are… — Charles Eisenstein Copy Share Image
“We are leading as thorough a study of 'alienation's positive pole' as of its negative pole. As a consequence of our diagnosis… — Tom McDonough Copy Share Image
Inability to accept the mystic experience is more than an intellectual handicap. Lack of awareness of the basic unity of organism and… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
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Modern schools and universities push students into habits of depersonalized learning, alienation from nature and sexuality, obedience to hierarchy, fear of authority,… — Arthur Evans Copy Share Image
The culture and educational system of the contemporary West are based almost exclusively upon the training of the reasoning brain and, to… — Kallistos Ware Copy Share Image
Liberal gardeners are people who feel that, through gardening, we can alleviate our sense of alienation from nature; and that, through good… — Deborah Needleman Copy Share Image
The condition of alienation, of being asleep, of being unconscious, of being out of one’s mind, is the condition of the normal… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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One of the great drivers of the alienation that has made Donald Trump possible is that the growth in the American economy… — David Frum Copy Share Image
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Some days,' I say, 'I feel like I don't belong anywhere in that world. That world out there. 'I point to Grant.… — Ann M. Martin Copy Share Image
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We will not find the solution to problems of violence, alienation, ignorance, and unhappiness in increasing our security, imposing more tests, punishing… — Nel Noddings Copy Share Image
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Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism. The relentless attempts of totalitarian regimes to prevent free… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
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