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“I'm viewed as this weird, crippled character. But you got to take your lumps.”
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“Endless drama in a group clouds consciousness. Too much noise overwhelms the senses. Continual input obscures genuine insight. Do not substitute sensationalism for learning.”
Source : John Heider (2014). “The Tao of Leadership: Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching Adapted for a New Age”, p.12, Green Dragon Books
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“A human-being is not a human-being while his tendencies include self-indulgence, covetousness, temper and attacking other people”
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“Where there is oppression, there will be resistance.”
Source : Assata Shakur (1987). “Assata: An Autobiography”, p.184, Zed Books
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“A gentleman is someone who does not what he wants to do, but what he should do.”
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“October turned my maple's leaves to gold; The most are gone now; here and there one lingers: Soon these will slip from the twigs' weak hold, Like coins between a dying miser's fingers.”
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“I don't settle in any other area of my life when it comes to excellence, so why should I lower my standards when it comes to boys?”
Source : Adriana Trigiani (2010). “Viola in Reel Life”, p.36, Simon and Schuster
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“I don't know if you have ever been the object of someone's obsession - but if it's not of your desire, it is horrible. It is really awful.”