"Now as to the behavior of the soldiers: occupations always corrupt the occupiers."

-- Yaroslav Trofimov

#Soldier Quotes #Occupation Quotes #Behavior Quotes

“Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it”
“My external sensations are no less private to my self than are my thoughts or my feelings. In either case my experience falls within my own circle, a circle closed on the outside; and, with all its elements alike, every sphere is opaque to the others which surround it [] In brief, regarded as an existence which appears in a soul, the whole world for each is peculiar and private to that soul.”

Source : "Only a great writer can share the suffering of Auschwitz" by Andrew Brown, www.theguardian.com. June 9, 2014.
“Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been know to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.”
“Success in love isn't about looks, it's about attitude.”
“All political arrangements, in that they have to bring a variety of widely-discordant interests into unity and harmony, necessarily occasion manifold collisions. From these collisions spring misproportions between men's desires and their powers; and from these, transgressions. The more active the State is, the greater is the number of these.”

Source : "The Limits of State Action". Book by David Sidorsky. Chapter 8, 1792.
“Do not allow yourself to be imprisoned by any affection. Keep your solitude. The day, if it ever comes, when you are given true affection, there will be no opposition between interior solitude and friendship, quite the reverse. It is even by this infallible sigh that you will recognize it.”

Source : Simone Weil (2002). “Gravity and Grace”, p.67, Psychology Press
“I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.”
“When I was in school I used to prank my teachers all the time. But I was really, really nice. I love to make people laugh. And even in those pranks, the teachers would laugh most of the time.”

Source : "Chrisette Michele shocked at No. 1 standing". Interview with Shanon Cook, www.cnn.com. May 20, 2009.

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