Centre Quote by Terry Eagleton

“Women are, therefore, to be considered either as moral beings, or so weak that they must be entirely subjected to the superior faculties of…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

“The recent explosions, from India to the United States, of ressentiment against writers and journalists as well as politicians, technocrats, businessmen and bankers reveal…

— Pankaj Mishra

“But for this epoch we must wait—wait, perhaps, till kings and nobles, enlightened by reason, and, preferring the real dignity of man to childish…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

Capitalism, gaudy and greedy, has been inherent in western aesthetics from ancient Egypt on. It is the mysticism and glamour of things , which…

— Camille Paglia

“Rousseau declares, that a woman should never, for a moment feel herself independent, that she should be governed by fear to exercise her NATURAL…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

“I am aware, that this argument would carry me further than it may be supposed I wish to go; but I follow truth, and…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

We remain in the Romantic cycle initiated by Rousseau: liberal idealism canceled by violence, barbarism, disillusionment and cynicism.

— Camille Paglia

“But, if strength of body be, with some show of reason, the boast of men, why are women so infatuated as to be proud…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

“Etymologically, "compassion" means to suffer together. "Together," however, is different from "identically." Compassion is not the same as selflessness, and not really the opposite…

— William Voegeli

“The first articulate explorer and to an extent even theorist of intimacy was Jean-Jacques Rousseau who, characteristically enough, is the only great author still…

— Hannah Arendt

“History testifies to the truth that it is misery that teaches men more than happiness, that it is poverty that strengthens them more than…

— Kaiten Nukariya

We could say that compassion is the ultimate attitude of wealth: an anti-poverty attitude, a war on want. It contains all sorts of heroic,…

— Chogyam Trungpa