"Democracy is a process, not a static condition. It is becoming, rather than being. It can be easily lost, but is never finally won."

-- William H. Hastie

#Democracy Quotes #Becoming Quotes #Process Quotes

“Realize that your present difficulty is only a small part of you, and the rest of you is doing quite well, thank you.”

Source : Lynn Grabhorn (2011). “The Excuse Me, Your Life Is Waiting Playbook”, p.4, Hampton Roads Publishing
“The best of all possible marriages is a seesaw in which first one, then the other partner is dominant.”
“We must be willing to change chairs if we want to grow. There is no permanent compatibility between a chair and a person. And there is no one right chair. What is right at one stage may be restricting at another or too soft. During the passage from one stage to another, we will be between two chairs. Wobbling no doubt, but developing.”
“Damn the Solar System. Bad light; planets too distant; pestered with comets; feeble contrivance; could make a better myself.”
“He was my father. I own half his genes, and all of his history. Believe this: the mistakes are part of the story. I am born of a man who believed he could tell nothing but the truth, while he set down for all time the Poisonwood Bible.”
“Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums,”

Source : "Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall". Book by Banksy, 2001.
“A country of victims is also a country of heroes, risking their lives so others will live. This is the Philippines, the country we love.”
“In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.”

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