"Kindness is not an illusion and violence is not a rule. The true resting state of human affairs is not represented by a man hacking his neighbor into pieces with a machete. That is a sick aberration. No, the true state of human affairs is life as it ought to be lived."

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Source : Paul Rusesabagina (2009). “An Ordinary Man: The True Story Behind Hotel Rwanda”, p.130, Bloomsbury Publishing

Paul Rusesabagina

#Kindness Quotes #Men Quotes #Sick Quotes

“In biblical times, I stoned people to death. Now they are repaying me by hurling pucks at my head.”
“I just know that what happened in the Clinton White House should never have happened to anyone.”

Source : "Larry King Live", www.cnn.com. February 9, 2001.
“I believe in workers rights when people are doing a good job. If somebody needs support I am always there, but if they're taking the piss, I am hard on them.”

Source : "Gruff and tough operator rings off with a billion" by Jane Martinson, www.theguardian.com. August 11, 2006.
“The privilege of a middle-class, stable, bourgeois life is that you can pretend that you are not complicated and project yourself as a solid, uncomplicated person, with refined life goals and achievements.”
“Israel has a sizeable nuclear arsenal and could retaliate if it were attacked.”

Source : "A War With Iran: Rhetoric Or A Reality?". "All Things Considered", www.npr.org. March 10, 2012.
“My definition of success is: 1.) The progressive realization of worthy goals 2.) The ability to love and have compassion 3.) To be in touch with the creative source within.”
“Did you think that the missionary path was all glory? Than you have not read of God's greatest Messenger to earth, who sat and wept over Jerusalem, crying out, Ê»I would... but ye would not.Ê¼”
“I take with me Kentucky, embedded in my brain and heart, in my flesh and bone and blood. Since I am Kentucky, and Kentucky is part of me.”

Source : Jesse Stuart (1975). “My World”, p.37, University Press of Kentucky

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