"However exalted our position, we should still not despise the powers of the humble."

-- Periander

#Humble Quotes #Should Quotes #Despise Quotes

“Factions among yourselves; preferring such To offices and honors, as ne'er read The elements of saving policy; But deeply skilled in all the principles That usher to destruction.”
“You might not agree with me, but I always offer a lot of support.”
“Let the answers be wrong, let the philosophy be mistaken -- errors are more valuable than truths: truth is of the machine, error is alive; truth reassures, error disturbs.”

Source : "On Literature, Revolution, Entropy and Other Matters " by Yevgeny Zamyatin. As translated by Mirra Ginsburg, in "A Soviet Heretic : Essays by Yevgeny Zamyatin", 1923.
“Action is the difference-make r. Remember that. If youâ€™re ready to take a big step forward, seek an open door as if your life depended on it. When you find it, go in bold and make it count.”
“Someday our grandchildren will very likely look back at the individual, selfish control of the wealth of the world by a small elite the same way we view slavery today.”

Source : Corinne McLaughlin (2009). “Spiritual Politics: Changing the World from the Inside Out”, p.574, Ballantine Books
“What I like about non-fiction is that it covers such a huge territory. The best non-fiction is also creative”
“When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done”
“With the "civilized" person contentment is a myth. From the cradle to the grave they are forever longing and striving after something better, an indefinable something, some new object yet unattained.”

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