"When the milk of human kindness turns sour, it is a singularly unpalatable draught."

-- Agnes Repplier

#Kindness Quotes #Milk Quotes #Draught Quotes

“I regret that I didnâ€™t realize that actually theyâ€™ve got no power over you at school â€” itâ€™s all just a trick to indoctrinate you into being a conditioned, tame, placid citizen. Rebel, children, I urge you, fight the turgid slick of conformity with which they seek to smother your glory.”
“If you've had the right kind of education, it's amazing how many things you can find to feel guilty about.”

Source : Pete McCarthy (2014). “McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery In Ireland”, p.62, Macmillan
“Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.”
“We are now moving towards complete collectivism or socialism, a system under which everybody is enslaved to everybody.”
“She's a very charismatic character, and she holds the whole play together.”
“Do not seek praise. Seek criticism.”
“In America time was gold; in Bangladesh, corrugated tin.”
“Frankly, I adore your catchy slogan, "Adoption, not Abortion," although no one has been able to figure out, even with expert counseling, how to use adoption as a method of birth control, or at what time of the month it is most effective.”

Source : Barbara Ehrenreich (1990). “WORST YEARS OF OUR LIVES”, Pantheon

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