"The absolute ruler may be a Nero, but he is sometimes a Titus or Marc Aurelius; the people is often Nero, but never Marc Aurelius."

-- Antoine Rivarol

#People Quotes #Democracy Quotes #Nero Quotes

“The foundation of our belief is a basis of fact - the fact of the birth, ministry, miracles, death, resurrection by the Evangelists as having actually occurred, within their own personal knowledge it was therefore impossible that they could have persisted in affirming the truths they have narrated, had not Jesus actually rose from the dead, and had they not known this fact as certainly as they knew any other fact.”
“If your sister is in a tearing hurry to go out and cannot catch your eye, she's wearing your best sweater.”
“In a society of ideological believers, nothing is more ridiculous than the individual who doubts and does not conform.”
“We (Israelis) always think that we're at the center of everything. It's true that we didn't make peace with Egypt and Jordan, but with two men, President Sadat and King Hussein. It is possible that we will have to restructure the peace and our relations (so that they are) between one people and another.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“Religions are the training wheels of self enlightenment. They can be helpful in the beginning but at some point they must be let go.”

Source : Twitter post from Nov 17, 2014
“Technology is the penultimate chameleon, taking on the characteristics of its handler. In some hands technology is a tool of treachery, while in others it morphs into a peaceful protest. In still others, it represents the bleeding edge of freedom.”
“To paint a human figure you must not paint it; you must render the whole of its surrounding atmosphere.”

Source : "Futurism" edited by Didier Ottinger; Centre Pompidou / 5 Continents Editions, Milan, (p. 172), 2008.
“That's what I love about reading: one tiny thing will interest you in a book, and that tiny thing will lead you to another book, and another bit there will lead you onto a third book. It's geometrically progressive - all with no end in sight, and for no other reason than sheer enjoyment.”

Source : Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows (2009). “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society”, p.14, A&C Black

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