"If anyone has read a lot of books and thinks I am primitive because I have not read even one, then he should throw away those books and get one which says we are all brothers and sisters under God and we too have a right to live."

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Source : Acceptance Speech for The Right Livelihood Award, Stockholm, www.survivalinternational.org. December 2005.

Roy Sesana

#Brother Quotes #Book Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Trauma is survivable, but often not much more. It kills you while allowing you to still live.”
“Journalism is a Darwinian process.”
“Misfortune makes of certain souls a vast desert through which rings the voice of God.”
“If you really care about starting a movement, have the courage to follow and show others how to follow. And when you find a lone nut doing something great, have the guts to be the first one to stand up and join in.”
“I usually wear casual clothes to the office. I wear a suit maybe two or three times a month, and usually only when I need to meet with the head office.”
“I have a publishing company of books by me and books of others. It drew people to poetry readings and photo exhibitions and painting exhibitions that I've been doing for years before that.”
“Playing well with others is important - not being too flashy, just keeping good time and of course coming up with cool beats. A good snare drum, kick drum, high hat. Just getting good at the hand feet coordination.”
“If we do not want to be pained by anybody we must not pain anybody; and how can man consider himself humane if he wants to live at the cost of others.”

Source : "19th World Vegetarian Congress 1967". The British Vegetarian, ivu.org. March/April 1968.

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