Karl Barth Quotes
In conclusion, a word about your tired expression that there is a difference between theory and praxis. ... Thereby you want to say that praxis should be an unencumbered as possible by theory. Coming from you, this wish is quite intelligible. What you mean by praxis is private profit; what I mean by theory is justice.
Karl Barth
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I do know that you have to choose between the logic of reconciliation and the logic of justice. Pure justice leads to new civil war. I prefer the negotiable revolution.
Adam Michnik
My death is incidental, and I worry very much about my loved ones and, you know, would like to make it as easy as possible for them. Or wish I could will away whatever, you know, the sadness they will feel when I die. But for me, nothing. The world goes on.
Barbara Ehrenreich
But you will understand by yourselves that the matter applies equally well to the organization of the officials of justice, of administrative officials, etc; these are likewise organized instruments of power in certain societies.
Ferdinand Lassalle
Writing about a person whose struggle you wish you could solve is an act of compassion and also, frankly, opportunism.
Karen Bender
Whether we or our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.
Wendell Berry
Without justice you won't have stability.
Saad Hariri
I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.
Man Ray
I really enjoy recording right after a tour. We're tired, but the songs are really lived in by then.
Jason Molina
Our D-I-V-O-R-C-E becomes final today. Me and Little Joe will be going away. I love you both and this will be pure H-E double L for me. Oh, I wish that we could stop this D-I-V-O-R-C-E.
Tammy Wynette
On the New York Stock Exchange, all buy and sell orders are routed through a single 'specialist,' guaranteeing that most small trades can be matched directly. But most larger trades are delivered to the specialist on the floor of the exchange by human brokers, a system that big investors view as increasingly inefficient.
Alex Berenson
Inconsiderate to the last, Josef Stalin, a man who never had to meet a deadline, had the bad taste to die in installments.
A. J. Liebling
In conclusion, a word about your tired expression that there is a difference between theory and praxis. ... Thereby you want to say that praxis should be an unencumbered as possible by theory. Coming from you, this wish is quite intelligible. What you mean by praxis is private profit; what I mean by theory is justice.
Karl Barth