"Shaking off restrictive chains requires action. They cannot be wished away. A declaration will never break chains. It requires commitment, self-discipline, and work."

-- Marvin J. Ashton

#Commitment Quotes #Self Quotes #Discipline Quotes

“The aggressor too should know that the preemptive use of nuclear weapons would not insure victory. With modern detection systems and the combat readiness of the Soviet Union's strategic nuclear forces, the United States would not be able to deal a crippling blow to the socialist countries. The aggressor will not be able to evade an all-crushing retaliatory strike.”

Source : "Physics and Nuclear Arms Today" by David Hafemeister, (p. 94), 1991.
“It deals with so many different aspects of living in South Africa the racial issues of South Africans and Asians with poverty with the reality of children orphaned by AIDS the transition from village life to city life.”
“Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.”
“It is very reasonable to worry about the harm done by organized religion, and to prefer looser and more private arrangements.”
“X-Pac, I always thought you were a greasy haired, cheesey bandana wearing ***** that wore green and black tights. I now think you are a greasy haired, cheesey bandana wearing ***** that wears purple and black tights.”
“It is as absurd to expect members of philosophy departments to be philosophers as it is to expect members of art departments to be artists.”

Source : Leo Strauss, Hilail Gildin (1989). “An Introduction to Political Philosophy: Ten Essays”, p.317, Wayne State University Press
“You can't teach anybody anything, only make them realize the answers are already inside them.”
“Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the grinning fangs of Death, Yet men delay to obtain release from the world. Alas, the conduct of mankind is surprising.”

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