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Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes - BrainyQuote
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. Friedrich Nietzsche
Butterflied Leg of Lamb with lemon, garlic and thyme
Butterflied Leg of Lamb with lemon, garlic and thyme (Rick Stein recipe)
Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new evidence cannot be accepted. It would create a feeling that is extremely uncomfortable, called cognitive dissonance. And because it is so important to protect the core belief, they will rationalize, ignore and even deny anything that doesn't fit in with the core belief.”
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Pity the nation that is full of beliefs and empty of religion. Pity the nation that wears a cloth it does not weave, eats a bread it does not harvest, and drinks a wine that flows not from its own wine-press. Pity the nation that acclaims the bully as hero, and that deems the glittering conqueror bountiful. Pity a nation that despises a passion in its dream, yet submits in its awakening
"The dissident does not operate in the realm of genuine power at all. He is not seeking power. ... His actions simply articulate his dignity as a citizen, regardless of the cost." - Vaclav Havel
One of the magic centres Of the world; One of the world's Dreaming places. Ought to point the way To the world. Here lives the great music Of humanity The harmonisation of different Histories, cultures, geniuses, And dreams. Ought to shine to the world And tell everyone That history, though unjust, Can yield wiser outcomes. And out of bloodiness Can come love Out of slave-trading Can come a dance of souls, Out of division, unity; Out of chaos, fiestas. City of tradition, conquests, And variety; City of commerce and the famous river, Tell everyone that the future Is yet unmade. Many possibilities live in your cellars. Nightmares and illuminations. Boredom and brilliance. Tomorrow's music sleeps In undiscovered orchestras, In unmade violins, In coiled strings. Spring waits by the lakes, Listening to the unfurling daffodils. Summer lingers with the hyperborean worms, Awaiting an astonishing command From the all-seeing eye of Ra. Tomorrow's music sleeps In our fingers, In our awakening souls, The blossom of our spirit, The suggestive buds of our hearts. Tell everyone the idea Is to function together, As good musicians would In undefined future orchestras. Let the energy of commerce flow. Let the vision of art heal. Technology, provide the tools. Workers of the world Re-make the world Under the guidance of inspiration And wise laws. Create the beautiful music Our innermost happiness suggests. Delight the future. Create happy outcomes. And while Autumn dallies With the West wind And the weeping nightingales And while Winter clears its sonorous throat At the Antipodean banquets Preparing for a speech of hoarfrost And icicles conjured from living breath, I want you to tell everyone Through trumpets played with The fragrance of roses That a mysterious reason Has brought us all together, Here, now, under the all-seeing eye of the sun. © Ben Okri, December 2002. All Rights Reserved Ben Okri