"All deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea, while the wildest winds of heaven and earth conspire to cast her on the treacherous, slavish shore."

-- Herman Melville

#Thinking Quotes #Wind Quotes #Sea Quotes

“Mathematics is like childhood diseases. The younger you get it, the better.”
“To be black and conscious in America is to be in a constant state of rage.”

Source : "My Son Called Me The Hulk, And I’m OK With It" by Danielle Slaughter, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 28, 2016.
“If you hit, they're going to like you. If you don't hit, they're not going to like you.”
“I think it is totally wrong and terribly harmful if education is defined as acquiring knowledge.”
“Be the most ethical, the most responsible, the most authentic you can be with every breath you take, because you are cutting a path into tomorrow that others will follow.”
“You never really hear the truth from your subordinates until after 10 in the evening.”
“Yes; we have a specific procedure which we follow in all cases where the Agency is in contact, for the purposes of acquiring intelligence or whatever the case may be, with an individual.”
“If the U.N. were to be successful in its efforts to control the Internet, countries where human rights records range from questionable to criminal could be put in charge of determining what is and is not allowed to appear online.”

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