“Why have kings no pity on their people? Because they never expect to be ordinary men. Why are the rich so hard on the poor? Because they have no fear of becoming poor. Why do the nobles look down upon the people? Because a nobleman will never be one of the lower classes. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"Routine, repetition, tedium, monotony, ephemeracy, inconsequence, abstraction, disorder, boredom, angst, ennui — these are the true hero's enemies, and make no mistake, they are fearsome indeed. For they are real." - David Foster Wallace
"I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it's proactive and there is positive intent behind it." -Michael J. Fox
on the plains of hesitation lay the bones of countless millions who, at the dawn of victory lay down to rest and resting, died.
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.”
― Edmund Burke, Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents (1770)
― Edmund Burke, Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents (1770)
“A pioneer is a man who turned all the grass upside down, strung bob-wire over the dust that was left, poisoned the water, cut down the trees, killed the Indian who owned the land and called it progress.” - Charles Russell
"It is the same in all wars; the soldiers do the fighting, the journalists do the shouting, and no true patriot ever gets near a front-line trench, except on the briefest of propaganda tours." - George Orwell
“Men at some time are masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.” - William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act I, Scene 2 (Cassius).
My tastes are simple: I am easily satisfied with the best. ― Winston S. Churchill
"God created only Natural Numbers and rest of all is the work of Men." ~ Leopold Kronecker..
"The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults." ~ Alexis de Tocqueville
"Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it." -Martin Luther King (Jr.)
"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." —Malcolm X
“The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.” - Nietszche
"I am so tired of waiting, / Aren't you, / For the world to become good / And beautiful and kind?" -Langston Hughes
"A serious prophet upon predicting a flood should be the first man to climb a tree. This would demonstrate that he was indeed a seer." - Stephen Crane
"Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them." - George Orwell
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night, Introduction (1961).
"You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them." -Albert Camus