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Life Quotes by Roger Scruton
- Beauty is assailed from two directions - by the cult of ugliness in the arts, and by the cult of utility in everyday life.
- The core of common culture is religion. Tribes survive and flourish because they have gods, who fuse many wills into a single will, and demand…
- Art and music shine a light of meaning on ordinary life, and through them we are able to confront the things that trouble us and…
- In the absence of organized religion, the only vehicle for redemption is art - not just the fragmentary arts of painting or music or poetry,…
- Art has the ability to redeem life by finding beauty even in the worst aspect of things.
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle