Application Quote by Ben Okri

“There is every reason why the standards in our civilization are so low, because we have "poisoned," in a literal sense of the word,…

— Alfred Korzybski

When a culture is not mythologically instructed, not instructed in story that gives us a call, then we start looking for quasi-stories, little toxic…

— Jean Houston

A tyranny based on ... deception and maintained by terror must inevitably perish from the poison it generates within itself.

— Albert Einstein

There is a recurring temptation for any nation, and for any writer who operates within its field of force, to make an ornament of…

— Eavan Boland

“There is just too much cruelty, selfishness and corruption in the world not to want to crush the poisonous will of those who cause…

— Carla H. Krueger

“Do not expect redemption if you enter the world of art. Redemption is death to art. Tranquillity is the poison the artist takes when…

— Chaim Potok

“When a writer develops a story, he is confronted with a poison that is inside him. If you don’t have that poison, your story…

— Haruki Murakami

“Tis only to consult our own hearts to be convinced that nations like individuals revolt at the idea of being guided by external compulsion.”

— Ron Chernow

“The tragic brilliance of politics and control is found in the ability to get the masses arguing over which poison they should drink.”

— Steve Maraboli

“We need to teach our nation to detest any form of plots, insinuations, evil intrigues and violence.”

— Sunday Adelaja

At last, Mythic feeling and conscious perception no longer confront each other as antagonists but as allies. Passionate nationalism is no longer directed toward…

— Alfred Rosenberg

“Under an unsophisticated culture, inartificial tastes, and an unpretending outside, lay a secret power and fire that might have informed the brain and kindled…

— Charlotte Brontë