"You can never leave footprints that last if you are always walking on tiptoe." —Leymah Gbowee
"No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices." -Edward R. Murrow
“But, although the necessity of some form of government and law must for the present be conceded, it is important to remember that all law and government is in itself in some degree an evil, only justifiable when it prevents other and greater evils..." — Bertrand Russell, Proposed Roads To Freedom
“What is the most precious thing in the world? I see now that it is the knowledge that you have no part in injustice. Injustice is stronger than you, it always was and always will be, but let it not be done through you.” — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
"If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast," — William T. Sherman
“If there is no struggle there is no progress.” - Frederick Douglass, “West India Emancipation” speech (Canandaigua, NY, Aug. 3, 1857).
“... The inflated ego of the tyrant is a curse to himself and to his world, no matter how his affairs may seem to prosper. ... the giant of self-achieved independence is the world's messenger of disaster, even though in his mind he may entertain himself with humane intentions.” ― Joseph Campbell
"Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners." -Laurence Stern
And, of course men know best about everything, except what women know better. ― George Eliot
"Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared." -David Ben-Gurion
"Let's get ICE off our streets and into our beverages." -Jeff Bridges revives The Dude on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
“Meaning is not something you stumble across or what someone gives you; you build it through every choice you make, the commitments you choose, the people you love, and the values you hold dear.” -Maria Ressa
QUOTE HELP ! // Could somone pls help me find this poem. It was a really deep quote I rlly need ToT. It goes somewhat like this: lone wanderer navigating the labyrinth of thought amidst the harsh cacophonies of life (thats all I could remember, someone pls help)
“Many of you know that I spent 11 days in prison under the Taliban in 2001. Well, I will tell you something now that, straight from the heart, I would rather spend two months in a Taliban prison than two days with the Israelis" Yvonne Ridley
"you must be ready to burn yourself in your own flame; how could you rise anew if you have not first become ashes?" - Friedrich Nietzsche
"What lies behind us and what lies before us, are tiny matters compared to what lies within us" -Ralph Waldo Emerson