Young William: I can fight. Malcolm Wallace: I know. I know you can fight. But it's our wits that make us men.

— William & Malcolm Wallace, Braveheart (1995)

All I ever wanted was a single thing worth fighting for.

— Jake Sully, Avatar (2009)

If you don't have money at my age, you're not even in the game anymore. You're just a pasture animal waiting for the abattoir.

— Miles, Sideways (2004)

I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.

— Maximus, Gladiator (2000)

Not the archers. My scouts tell me their archers are miles away and no threat to us. Arrows cost money. Use up the Irish. The dead cost nothing.

— King Longshank, Braveheart (1995)

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying: And this same flower that smiles to-day To-morrow will be dying.

— John Keating, Dead Poets Society (1989)

Half my life is over, and I have nothing to show for it...I’m a smudge of excrement on a tissue, surging out to sea with a ton of raw sewage.

— Miles, Sideways (2004)

Miranda (to Daniel): I bring home a birthday cake and a few gifts; you bring home the Goddamn San Diego Zoo. And I have to clean up after it!

— Miranda, Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)

(looking at remains of a battle) I love it! God help me, I love it so. I love it more than my life.

— Patton, Patton (1970)

I have a hard-on for you the size of Florida!

— Parry, The Fisher King (1991)

Quintus: "People should know when they're beaten!" Maximus: "Would you, Quintus? Would I?"

— Quintus & Maximus, Gladiator (2000)

Often the most barbaric atrocities occur when both sides proclaim themselves freedom fighters.

— Yuri Orlov, Lord of War (2005)

Look at me, jerking off in the shower... This will be the high point of my day; it's all downhill from here.

— Lester Burnham, American Beauty (1999)

No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. You win a war by making the other poor bastard die for his country!

— Patton, Patton (1970)

Give George a headline, and he's good for another 30 miles.

— Gen. Omar Bradley, Patton (1970)

I'm hearing horses! Parry will be so pleased!

— Jack Lucas, The Fisher King (1991)

The core of man's spirit comes from new experiences.

— Christopher McCandless, Into the Wild (2007)

Katsumoto: Do you believe a man can change his destiny? Algren: I think a man does what he can, until his destiny is revealed to him.

— Katsumoto & Nathan Algren, The Last Samurai (2003)

When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God's light shines on you.

— Ron Franz, Into the Wild (2007)

Lars: Well, Bianca can help you. She's got nurse's training. Gus: No she doesn't. That's because she's a plastic...thing. Lars: That's amazing. Did you hear that? Bianca said God made her to help people.

— Lars & Gus, Lars and the Real Girl (2007)

I read somewhere... how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong... but to feel strong.

— Christopher McCandless, Into the Wild (2007)

The powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?

— John Keating, Dead Poets Society (1989)

Young William: I can fight. Malcolm Wallace: I know. I know you can fight. But it's our wits that make us men.

— William & Malcolm Wallace, Braveheart (1995)

All I ever wanted was a single thing worth fighting for.

— Jake Sully, Avatar (2009)

If you don't have money at my age, you're not even in the game anymore. You're just a pasture animal waiting for the abattoir.

— Miles, Sideways (2004)

I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.

— Maximus, Gladiator (2000)

Not the archers. My scouts tell me their archers are miles away and no threat to us. Arrows cost money. Use up the Irish. The dead cost nothing.

— King Longshank, Braveheart (1995)

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying: And this same flower that smiles to-day To-morrow will be dying.

— John Keating, Dead Poets Society (1989)

Half my life is over, and I have nothing to show for it...I’m a smudge of excrement on a tissue, surging out to sea with a ton of raw sewage.

— Miles, Sideways (2004)

Miranda (to Daniel): I bring home a birthday cake and a few gifts; you bring home the Goddamn San Diego Zoo. And I have to clean up after it!

— Miranda, Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)

(looking at remains of a battle) I love it! God help me, I love it so. I love it more than my life.

— Patton, Patton (1970)

I have a hard-on for you the size of Florida!

— Parry, The Fisher King (1991)

Quintus: "People should know when they're beaten!" Maximus: "Would you, Quintus? Would I?"

— Quintus & Maximus, Gladiator (2000)

Often the most barbaric atrocities occur when both sides proclaim themselves freedom fighters.

— Yuri Orlov, Lord of War (2005)

Look at me, jerking off in the shower... This will be the high point of my day; it's all downhill from here.

— Lester Burnham, American Beauty (1999)

No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. You win a war by making the other poor bastard die for his country!

— Patton, Patton (1970)

Give George a headline, and he's good for another 30 miles.

— Gen. Omar Bradley, Patton (1970)

I'm hearing horses! Parry will be so pleased!

— Jack Lucas, The Fisher King (1991)

The core of man's spirit comes from new experiences.

— Christopher McCandless, Into the Wild (2007)

Katsumoto: Do you believe a man can change his destiny? Algren: I think a man does what he can, until his destiny is revealed to him.

— Katsumoto & Nathan Algren, The Last Samurai (2003)

When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God's light shines on you.

— Ron Franz, Into the Wild (2007)

Lars: Well, Bianca can help you. She's got nurse's training. Gus: No she doesn't. That's because she's a plastic...thing. Lars: That's amazing. Did you hear that? Bianca said God made her to help people.

— Lars & Gus, Lars and the Real Girl (2007)

I read somewhere... how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong... but to feel strong.

— Christopher McCandless, Into the Wild (2007)

The powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?

— John Keating, Dead Poets Society (1989)

Men and the Future: Symposium coming up in Frankfurt in May

posted by Eivind on December 8, 2012, at 8:12 pm

Hi men! Nick Duffell and Robert Fischer are putting on the Men and the Future: Sex, authenticity and power-symposium in Frankfurt in May (23-26). Sex, authenticity and power – words that hold weight and juice for me. Three things that are all challenging – and all rewarding, when approached in the right way. My contribution to this Symposium is going to be a lecture on the primal side of the masculine psyche, and how it is important to tap into it in order to live lives as empowered modern men.

Messages men have received over the past several decades about the inherent negativity in the masculine essence has severed the connection of many with those parts of ourselves which are powerful, wild. But losing contact with our instinctual wild side has devastating consequences. It robs us of our vitality, sexuality, self-respect, integrity. In the end, we become disempowered men who forgot the art of loving ourselves. And tragically, it puts some men so deep into misery that they come out of it severely broken, leaving pain and destruction in their wake.

Clearly, the status quo isn’t working and I will explore if there is a better way forwards. I will write more about this in the time to come. For now, it will suffice to say that I would love seeing you there.

Cheers,
Eivind