"The Republic is open and tolerant but also knows how and when to be firm and make its values respected."

-- Jean-Pierre Raffarin

#Republic Quotes #Firm Quotes #Values Quotes

“The ingenuities we practice in order to appear admirable to ourselves would suffice to invent the telephone twice over on a rainy summer morning.”

Source : BRENDAN GILL (1975). “HER AT THE NEW YORKER”
“So don't be tempted by the shiny apple Don't you eat of a bitter fruit Hunger only for a taste of justice Hunger only for a world of truth 'Cause all that you have is your soul.”

Source : Song: All That You Have Is Your Soul, Album: Crossroads, 1989
“In the poor and outcast we see Christâ€™s face; by loving and helping the poor, we love and serve Christ.”
“There are two types of seeds in the mind: those that create anger, fear, frustration, jealousy, hatred and those that create love, compassion, equanimity and joy. Spirituality is germination and sprouting of the second group and transforming the first group.”
“So let us then try to climb the mountain, not by stepping on what is below us, but to pull us up at what is above us, for my part at the stars; amen.”
“Look at Scottish guys wearing kilts - you could look at them and laugh, but the way they carry themselves, how can you? You can wear some of the weirdest things and be cool. If you believe in it, that's what makes it cool.”
“A brave world, sir, full of religion, knavery, and change: we shall shortly see better days.”
“At the core of every child is an intact human.”

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