"Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act."

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Source : Annie Besant (1917). “The Birth of New India: A Collection of Writings and Speeches on Indian Affairs”

Annie Besant

#Inspiring Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Silent Quotes

“Candor is a compliment; it implies equality. It's how true friends talk.”
“It's pointless to cry. One is born and dies alone...”
“How a mother comes to love her child, her caring at all for this thing that's made her heavy, lopsided and slow, this thing that made her wish she were dead ... that's the miracle.”

Source : Ami Mckay (2006). “The Birth House: A Novel”, William Morrow
“I really put the fear of God into my son, because children are such sponges. The earlier you teach them the law of the land, the easier they'll accept it as an adult. I think parents who shelter their children are making a huge mistake. Kids are really pretty amazing. They can handle a lot. It's just us parents. We think we need to protect them, and then when the real world comes in, they're shattered. So I think I did the right thing in my parenting.”

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“Having gone through so many of the personal things I've gone through, its about creating an (online) space for girls to be heard. I don't profess to have all the answers. But Ask Elizabeth is a space where girls are not alone.”
“Every time the tour guide told a story, he would build it up to the point where he'd say, "And there was Bloody Joe, and his young ghost son walked into the room." He would build it up, and then it was just "the ghost walked into the room." And he would say, "Let's move on," and that would be it. It's like, wait, what happened to the bloody ghost? That's it? We knew he was making some of it up.”
“Every crucial experience can be regarded either as a setback, or the start of a wonderful new adventure, it depends on your perspective!”
“I don't want to deal with big, grand themes in my stories; art has nothing to do with themes. When you deal with themes, you are not creating; you are lecturing.”

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