"Our power knows no limits, yet we cannot find food for a starving child, or a home for a refugee. Our knowledge is without measure and we build the weapons that will destroy us. We live on the edge of ourselves, terrified of the darkness within. We have harmed, corrupted and ruined, we have made mistakes and deceived."

-- John le Carre

#Children Quotes #Mistake Quotes #Home Quotes

“Right after the game, say as little as possible.”
“Women's bodies are curvy, sensual, it's about being happy to be a woman - and sexy is always good”
“I don't love football the way I once loved the game. I don't look at it as fun anymore, and it definitely used to be fun. A lot of the fun has been taken away from it, I guess, because you go through so much on the field and off the field.”
“I shot a couple of movies in jail, but I was never in jail.”
“I never expected to be Defence Secretary. It's a great privilege.”
“I believe that if you die trying to be your best, the world is still a better place.”
“Happiness does not depend on the size or content of a goal, but on the strength of the desire to have it.”

Source : Simon Soloveychik (2010). “Parenting for Everyone: Where Do Good Children Come From?”, p.28, Aigul Aubanova
“It is an unquestionable truth, that the body of the people in every country desire sincerely its prosperity. But it is equally unquestionable that they do not possess the discernment and stability necessary for systematic government. To deny that they are frequently led into the grossest of errors, by misinformation and passion, would be a flattery which their own good sense must despise.”

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