"An attitude can murder just as easily as an ax."

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Woodrow M. Kroll

#Attitude Quotes #Murder Quotes

“As long as a human being worries about when he will die, and what he has that is his, all of his works are zero. When affection for the I-creature and what it owns is dead, then the work of the Teacher is over.”
“Dancing on the edge is the only place to be.”
“The quicker, the louder, the applause with which another tries to gain you over to his purpose--the bitterer his censure if he miss his aim.”
“If you have to be burned at the stake, be a good fellow and collect your own fire-wood.”

Source : George Ade (1920). “Hand-made Fables”
“In a world threatened by a famine of righteousness and spiritual starvation, we have been commanded to sustain the prophet. As we give heed to, uphold, and affirm prophetic word, we witness that we have the faith to humbly submit to the will, the wisdom,Â andÂ the timing of the Lord. We heed prophetic word even when it may seem unreasonable, inconvenient, and uncomfortable. According to the worldâ€™s standards, following the prophet may be unpopular, politically incorrect, or socially unacceptable. But following the prophet is always right.”
“I'm a pacifist. I don't believe in 'good' wars.”
“It's an interesting thing in this country. I haven't won a gold medal, yet Australians still take me into their houses and hearts, they know my name and they care. I think Aussies like the little Aussie battler and the person who will stand up for their rights and I've never been short of a word, especially with officialdom.”
“This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.”

Source : Wislawa Szymborska (2015). “Map: Collected and Last Poems”, p.291, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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