"Americans cannot teach democracy to the world until they restore their own."

-- William Greider

#Democracy Quotes #World Quotes #Teach Quotes

“When I decide to score, I score. I know I am strong, but I believe it is not enough yet. I can kick fine, dribble very well, but I still have to improve.”
“The most dangerous men on earth are those who are afraid they are wimps”
“Any man who takes a job with the idea that it is simply a springboard for something else is a chump. His attention will be more on the other things than on the job at hand and so he will fail.”
“I think everybody has a secret life.”
“In modern society, where most people live in cities, and where both needs and wishes are absolved through the same remote agency - money - the distinction between wishes and needs has altogether vanished.”
“Anything is beautiful if you say it is.”

Source : Wallace Stevens (2011). “The Palm at the End of the Mind: Selected Poems and a Play”, p.213, Vintage
“It is the acquisition of skills in particular, irrespective of their utility, that is potent in making life meaningful. Since man has no inborn skills, the survival of the species has depended on the ability to acquire and perfect skills. Hence the mastery of skills is a uniquely human activity and yields deep satisfaction.”
“The wonderful thing about saints is that they were human. They lost their tempers, got hungry, scolded God, were egotistical or impatient in their turns, made mistakes and regretted them. Still they went on doggedly blundering toward heaven.”

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