"In our inherent contradictions as humans, and in order to validate our own pain, we deny the pain of others. But it is in acknowledging the pain of others that we achieve fully our humanity"

-- Hamza Yusuf

#Pain Quotes #Order Quotes #Humanity Quotes

“If my results are not good I will lose my job.”
“I didn't understand that you could go to jail for the rest of your life for selling cocaine. I thought life sentences were for murderers. I didn't know that you could get it for supplying something to someone that they asked you for.”
“To be extremely self-centred, only interested in your own satisfaction, always brings negative consequences in the long run.”
“Always plan for the worst, child, that way all your surprises are pleasant ones.”
“I've never believed in seeking perfection at the risk of losing everything.”

Source : "Straight From The Heart". Book by Jean Chretien (Chapter Eight "A New Constitution", p. 189), 1985.
“Even if they're functioning out of ignorance, they are still participating and must be suppressed. In China, even one million people can be considered a small sum.”
“I think that Indian writing in English is a really peculiar beast. I can't think of any literature - perhaps Russian literature in the nineteenth century comes close - so exclusively produced by and closely identified with a tiny but powerful ruling elite, the upper-caste, Anglophone upper middle class, and dependent for so long on book buyers and readers elsewhere.”
“Facts are God’s native tongue.”

Source : Michael Dowd (2008). “Thank God for Evolution: How the Marriage of Science and Religion Will Transform Your Life and Our World”, p.88, Penguin

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