"Faith is often the boast of the man who is too lazy to investigate."

“It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.”

“I saw the desert, it grew upon me. There are times, when I have sorrows, that I hunger and thirst for it ...”

Source : Lady Isabel Burton (1875). “The Inner Life of Syria, Palestine, and the Holy Land: From My Private Journal”, p.2

“one learns best, and writes best, in a state of defiance.”

“An interesting question: is it easier to motivate a learned individual that never does anything, or educate an ignorant individual that actually produces things?”

“I have no interest in the justification of circumstances or producing guilt in others by assigning obligation. I am interested in providing an opportunity for people to experience mastery in the matter of their own lives and the experience of satisfaction, fulfillment, and aliveness. These are a function of the self as context rather than thing, the self as space rather than location or position, the self as cause rather than self at effect.”

“There is one rule for the G-7 (richest countries) and another for the South. The G-7 now preaches open economies and liberalization, as well as 'good governance' and 'transparency'. Yet none of these things was conspicuous when the West grew rich.”

Source : Jeremy Seabrook (2003). “The No-nonsense Guide to World Poverty”, p.70, Verso

“Do you think you can cure the hatreds and the maladjustments of the world by hanging them? You simply show your ignorance and your hate when you say it. You may here and there cure hatred with love and understanding, but you can only add fuel to the flames by cruelty and hate.”

“Doing any job for too long limits your possibilities.”