"Our interconnectedness on the planet is the dominating truth of the 21st century. One stark result is that the world's poor live, and especially die, with the awareness that the United States is doing little to mobilise the weapons of mass salvation that could offer them survival, dignity and eventually the escape from poverty."

-- Jeffrey Sachs

#Truth Quotes #Survival Quotes #World Quotes

“Swords appear strong, but they're actually quite weak. Jesus appears weak, but he's actually quite strong.”
“I am troubled, immeasurably by your eyes. I am struck by the feather of your soft reply. The sound of glass speaks quick, disdain and conceals what your eyes fight to explain.”
“The moment you say, 'I want to do a role,' the story suffers. I don't set priorities in terms of roles or scripts.”
“I'm always on the market for a new friend, period. As your success continues to grow, you start to see who your real friends are. But I'm always looking for wonderful people to have in my life that have no agenda and aren't fake friends.”
“The Gospel is not about man searching for GOD but GOD reaching out to mankind!”
“Kids know what's going on. They always respond to The Beatles, for instance. Doesn't matter when they were born, they always seem to respond. Show me a kid who innately doesn't like The Beatles, and I'll show you a bad seed.”
“I love Queen Latifah! Queen Latifah is so beautiful! Every time you see her, if it's in a cosmetics ad, or on the red carpet, she's always flawless.”
“We are doomed to choose and every choice may entail irreparable loss.”

Source : Henry Hardy, Isaiah Berlin (2016). “The Soviet Mind: Russian Culture under Communism”, p.11, Brookings Institution Press

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