"Our appetites, of one or another kind, are excellent spurs to our reason, which might otherwise but feebly set about the great ends of preserving and continuing the species."

-- Charles Lamb

#Spurs Quotes #Might Quotes #Kind Quotes

“You will understand why when you look back, the answers are rarely given in the middle of the lesson.”
“A great man's manias must be respected, because the time required to combat them is too precious to waste.”
“I collect cars and bikes. One of my most special rides is a black 1930s Cadillac V16, and then I've got a few West Coast choppers.”
“Political freedom means the absence of coercion of a man by his fellow men. The fundamental threat to freedom is power to coerce, be it in the hands of a monarch, a dictator, an oligarchy, or a momentary majority. The preservation of freedom requires the elimination of such concentration of power to the fullest possible extent and the dispersal and distribution of whatever power cannot be eliminated â€” a system of checks and balances.”
“When I was 13, I told my parents I didn't believe in God any more. Religion should not be about determining women's freedoms.”
“Beware of people preaching simple solutions to complex problems. If the answer was easy someone more intelligent would have thought of it a long time ago - complex problems invariably require complex and difficult solutions.”
“It would have been better if the United Nations had sent a team to Mali right away to mediate between the government and the rebels. But where is the political initiative? The Americans make their usual recommendations. They want to train the army for the fight with the rebels. US special forces are already in Mali.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.”

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