"In Indian civilization I am a Baptist, because I believe in immersing the Indians in our civilization and when we get them under holding them there until they are thoroughly soaked."

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Source : Richard Henry Pratt, Robert Marshall Utley (1979). “The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Its Origins, Purposes, Progress, and the Difficulties Surmounted”

Richard Henry Pratt

#Believe Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Baptists Quotes

“I grow increasingly aware, and in more ways than expected that I am at the center of my own field; and whether it be folly or wisdom, it is a very pleasant feeling.”

Source : Heinrich Hertz, Johanna Hertz (1977). “Heinrich Hertz: Memoirs, Letters Diaries”, San Francisco Pr
“Never lose hope, my heart, miracles dwell in the invisible. If the whole world turns against you keep your eyes on the Friend.”
“I can't find my car keys in the morning. Trying to get out of my house is a nightmare. "Where's my wallet? Where are my keys? I have to go find a missing person."”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“My brother and I were able to fantasize far more extravagantly about our parents' tastes and desires, their aspirations and their vices, by scanning their bookcases than by snooping in their closest. Their selves were on their shelves.”
“Americans relate all effort, all work, and all of life itself to the dollar. Their talk is of nothing but dollars.”

Source : Nancy Mitford, Alan Strode Campbell Ross (1956). “Noblesse oblige: an enquiry into the identifiable characteristics of the English aristocracy”, Hamish Hamilton
“Never. Never ask for what ought to be offered.”

Source : Daniel Woodrell (2012). “Winter's Bone”, p.8, Hachette UK
“I wanted nothing else than to make the object as perfect as possible.”
“Mind training is based on the idea that two opposite mental factors cannot happen at the same time. You could go from love to hate. But you cannot, at the same time - toward the same object, the same person - want to harm and want to do good.”

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