"'Rights' are granted; 'duties' are enforced. To speak of rights and duties is to think in terms of authority."

-- Laurance Labadie

#Thinking Quotes #Rights Quotes #Speak Quotes

“And how am I to face the odds Of man's bedevilment and God's? I, a stranger and afraid In a world I never made.”
“There's definitely privilege in the upper classes, but as a whole, music can be enjoyed by anybody who can gather around a radio.”

Source : "United Nations". Interview with Ian Cohen, pitchfork.com. July 2, 2014.
“One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being.”
“I will practice acceptance. Today I will accept people, situations, circumstances, and events as they occur. I will know that this moment is as it should be, because the whole universe is as it should be. I will not struggle against the whole universe by struggling against this moment. My acceptance is total and complete. I accept things as they are this moment, not as I wish they were.”
“Talk about divine intervention. I can't even tell you how blessed I feel.”
“In software, consultants sometimes tell you to buy into certain software-development methods to the exclusion of other methods. Thatâ€™s unfortunate because if you buy into any single methodology 100 percent, youâ€™ll see the whole world in terms of that methodology. In some instances, youâ€™ll miss opportunities to use other methods better suited to your current problem.”

Source : Steve McConnell (2004). “Code Complete”, p.20, Pearson Education
“I think Muslims have become the new Negroes in America. They are being mistreated at airports, by the Immigration - everywhere. Islam is a religion of peace. They are wrong.”
“Busyness makes us stop caring about the things we care about.”

Source : Mark Buchanan (2007). “The Rest of God: Restoring Your Soul by Restoring Sabbath”, p.48, Thomas Nelson Inc

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