"The goal of tyrants is tyranny, and the goal of tyranny is tyranny."

-- Donald James

#Tyrants Quotes #Goal Quotes #Tyranny Quotes

“Pity is an emotion equally unpleasant to the bestower as to the recipient.”

Source : "The Doll". Book by Bolesław Prus, 1889.
“The true value of communication is often not so much what you say to each other but the simple, powerful fact that you care enough to say something to each other so often.”

Source : Johan Bruyneel, Bill Strickland (2009). “We Might As Well Win: On the Road to Success with the Mastermind Behind Eight Tour de FranceVictories”, p.51, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Live in the opening where there is no door to hide behind.”
“It smells terrible in here.' Well, what do you expect? The human body, when confined, produces certain odors which we tend to forget in this age of deodorants and other perversions. Actually, I find the atmosphere of this room rather comforting. Schiller needed the scent of apples rotting in his desk in order to write. I, too, have my needs. You may remember that Mark Twain preferred to lie supinely in bed while composing those rather dated and boring efforts which contemporary scholars try to prove meaningful. Veneration of Mark Twain is one of the roots of our current intellectual stalemate.”

Source : John Kennedy Toole (2004). “A Confederacy of Dunces”, p.70, LSU Press
“Applause lavished at a whim and without discernment, often proves the ruin of young people training for a stage career.”
“My rule is always if you keep your basics classic. You can add seasonable and very trendy stuff and always look modern and updated, but if you're questioning something and its expensive, err on the side of classic.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
“Among all men on the earth bards have a share of honor and reverence, because the muse has taught them songs and loves the race of bards.”
“We [Americans] have secularized the public life of our country in such a way to say something is religious is something negative. Religion has now turned into a way to discredit people. It is futile and dishonest to argue about religion. Religion is a phenomenological umbrella; there are all kinds of religions. It makes a difference when your religion is telling you something true or something false.”

Source : Source: www.realclearreligion.org

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