"It is not an act of bravery to try to save your own village. It is an instinct to protect what you possess. Bravery is when you step in to help when you have nothing to lose."

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Source : Gail Tsukiyama (2008). “The Samurai's Garden: A Novel”, p.123, Macmillan

Gail Tsukiyama

#Bravery Quotes #Trying Quotes #Village Quotes

“We human beings are social beings. We come into the world as the result of othersâ€™ actions. We survive here in dependence on others. Whether we like it or not, there is hardly a moment of our lives when we do not benefit from othersâ€™ activities. For this reason, it is hardly surprising that most of our happiness arises in the context of our relationships with others.”
“There are beauties of character which, like the night-blooming cereus, are closed against the glare and turbulence of every-day life, and bloom only in shade and solitude, and beneath the quiet stars.”

Source : Henry Theodore Tuckerman (1850). “The optimist”, p.13
“We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone-but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy.”
“Success is not achieved by winning all the time. Real success comes when we rise after we fall.”

Source : Twitter post from Jun 15, 2015
“I'm not someone who usually sends out threats. I warn only once. The day they touch one of my men, the rule of law is over.”

Source : Speech in April 17, 1989. "Human Rights Policies in Chile: The Unfinished Struggle for Truth and Justice" by Silvia Borzutzky, 2017.
“I only want to work with actors that really get it and make it work. I didn't want it to be a star-driven thing anymore.”
“As a Jew, your passions were so inflamed by that message, you made up a lie to implicate my client, isn't that true?”
“I don't understand the mechanics behind things, so a site that I find impressive may not really be more technologically advanced than something which is ostensibly uninteresting.”

Source : Source: keeperofthesnails.blogspot.com

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