"When some portion of the biosphere is rather unpopular with the human race-a crocodile, a dandelion, a stony valley, a snowstorm, an odd-shaped flint-there are three sorts of human being who are particularly likely still to see point in it and befriend it. They are poets, scientists and children. Inside each of us, I suggest, representatives of all these groups can be found."

-- Mary Midgley

#Children Quotes #Race Quotes #Three Quotes

“Peace requires something far more difficult than revenge or merely turning the other cheek; it requires empathizing with the fears and unmet needs that provide the impetus for people to attack each other. Being aware of these feelings and needs, people lose their desire to attack back because they can see the human ignorance leading to these attacks; instead, their goal becomes providing the empathic connection and education that will enable them to transcend their violence and engage in cooperative relationships.”
“Life itself, however, flows and is sequential and punishes those who try to compartmentalize it. Thus if, for any reason whatsoever, moral standards are conspicuously and unprecedentedly breached in one area of society, such as the political, it will follow as the night the day that those standards will start collapsing all down the line-in sports, entertainment, education, the armed forces, business and government.”
“In my ballets, woman is first. Men are consorts. God made men to sing the praises of women. They are not equal to men: They are better.”
“the judge in the Saddam trial appears to be wearing comedy specs and moustache.”
“A drunkard clasp his teeth and not undo 'em, To suffer wet damnation to run through 'em.”

Source : Cyril Tourneur (1965). “The Revenger's Tragedy”, p.64, U of Nebraska Press
“Physically, I was always moving. I was always a little jittery.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“My conscience is captive to the Word of God”
“Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy.”

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