"Humanism is the only - I would go so far as saying the final- resistance we have against the inhuman practices and injustices that disfigure human history."

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Source : Edward W. Said (2014). “Orientalism”, p.29, Vintage

Edward Said

#Practice Quotes #Finals Quotes #Resistance Quotes

“The world is not ideal, and the only weapon we can give our children is information. Information which is not pretty, but honest.”
“The more boundless your vision, the more real you are.”
“It is your karma to fight evil. It doesn't matter if the people that evil is being committed against don't fight back. It doesn't matter if the entire world chooses to look the other way. Always remember this. You don't live with the consequences of other people's karma. You live with the consequences of your own”
“The only option for a creative person was constant motionâ€”a lifetime of busy whirligigging in a generally forward direction, until you couldnâ€™t do it any longer.”

Source : Meg Wolitzer (2013). “The Interestings: A Novel”, p.29, Penguin
“No move towards the extinction of the passion between the sexes has taken place in the five or six thousand years that the world has existed.”
“Without doubt, there are lots of ways to measure the pulse of a business. But if you have employee engagement, customer satisfaction, and cash flow right, you can be sure your company is healthy and on the way to winning.”
“One of the biggest problems of our contemporary civilization is that there's been an interruption of transmission. People have no past in their present.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“Universal morality is to be found in little everyday penny-events just as much as in great ones.”

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