"I think there's really strong social stratification in South Asia."

-- Mohsin Hamid

#Strong Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Asia Quotes

“History shows how feeble are barriers of paper.”

Source : John Lothrop Motley (1858). “The rise of the Dutch Republic: a history in three volumes”, p.241
“As long as I can stay creative and used my mind, it can be 20 hours a day. I sleep four hours, so I've got 20 hours.”
“There is never a lack of subject matter; just absence of creativity.”

Source : Lee Hammond (2002). “Drawing in Color - Animals”, p.78, North Light Books
“Anyway, it doesn't matter how much, how often, or how closely you keep an eye on things because you can't control it. Sometimes things and people just go. Just like that.”
“When the institutions of money rule the world, it is perhaps inevitable that the interests of money will take precedence over the interests of people. What we are experiencing might best be described as a case of money colonizing life. To accept this absurd distortion of human institutions and purpose should be considered nothing less than an act of collective, suicidal insanity.”

Source : "When Corporations Rule the World". Book by David Korten, January 1, 1995.
“I don't believe that it's true that the poor will always be with us. I think that kind of pious fatalism is just an excuse for keeping things the way they are.”
“Once when my father-in-law was leaving the house after lunch to return to the field to work, my mother-in-law said, 'Albert, you get right back in here and tell me you love me.' He grinned and jokingly said, 'Elsie, when we were married, I told you I loved you, and if that ever changes, I'll let you know.' It's hard to overuse the expression, 'I love you.' Use it daily.”
“The relationship between individuals or communities and the environment ultimately stems from their relationship with God. When â€˜man turns his back on the Creatorâ€™s plan, he provokes a disorder which has inevitable repercussions on the rest of the created order.”

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