QUOTE A DAY - July 17, 2012
Greetings fellow quote lovers:I am reading an amazing book by Chris Hedges: "Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle".
Today we feature 4 quotes from the book that struck me. I am almost done with the book, so there may be more in the future. Stay tuned.
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*---- Quotes For The Week ----*We've bought into the idea that education is about training and "success," defined monetarily, rather than learning to think critically and to challenge. We should not forget that the true purpose of education is to make minds, not careers. A culture that does not grasp the vital interplay between morality and power, which mistakes management techniques for wisdom, which fails to understand that the measure of a civilization is its compassion, not its speed or ability to consume, condemns itself to death.
--Chris Hedges, Empire of Illusion
Inverted totalitarianism, unlike classical totalitarianism, does not revolve around a demagogue or charismatic leader. It finds expression in the anonymity of the Corporate State. It purports to cherish democracy, patriotism, and the Constitution while manipulating internal levers.
--Chris Hedges, Empire of Illusion
Washington has become our Versailles. We are ruled, entertained, and informed by courtiers -- and the media has evolved into a class of courtiers. The Democrats, like the Republicans, are mostly courtiers. Our pundits and experts, at least those with prominent public platforms, are courtiers. We are captivated by the hollow stagecraft of political theater as we are ruthlessly stripped of power. It is smoke and mirrors, tricks and con games, and the purpose behind it is deception.
--Chris Hedges, Empire of Illusion
**--- MYSTERY QUOTE ---**The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
See at the bottom for the answer*---- More Quotes for the Week ----*The words consent of the governed have become an empty phrase. Our textbooks on political science and economics are obsolete. Our nation has been hijacked by oligarchs, corporations, and a narrow, selfish, political, and economic elite, a small and privileged group that governs, and often steals, on behalf of moneyed interests. This elite, in the name of patriotism and democracy, in the name of all the values that were once part of the American system and defined the Protestant work ethic, has systematically destroyed our manufacturing sector, looted the treasury, corrupted our democracy, and trashed the financial system.
During this plundering we remained passive, mesmerized by the enticing shadows on the wall, assured our tickets to success, prosperity, and happiness were waiting around the corner.
--Chris Hedges, Empire of Illusion
All human plans [are] subject to ruthless revision by Nature, or Fate, or whatever one preferred to call the powers behind the Universe.
--Arthur C. Clarke, 2010: Odyssey Two
MYSTERY QUOTE AND ANSWER - DID YOU GUESS CORRECTLY?The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
ANSWER: Marcus Aurelius
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