"What the intellectual craves above all else is to be taken seriously, to be treated as a decisive force in shaping history. He is far more at home in a society that weighs his every word and keeps close watch on his attitudes then in a society that cares not what he says or does. He would rather be persecuted than ignored."

-- Eric Hoffer

#Attitude Quotes #Taken Quotes #Home Quotes

“An atheist is just somebody who feels about Yahweh the way any decent Christian feels about Thor or Baal or the golden calf. We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.”
“A woman uses about 20,000 words per day while a man uses about 7,000.”
“I've heard it said that if you know English, Spanish, Italian, and I think it's French, you can go just about anywhere in this world...except for China where they have all those derelicts.”
“In embracing change, entrepreneurs ensure social and economic stability.”
“Some pray to marry the man they love, my prayer will somewhat vary: I humbly pray to heaven above that I love the man I marry.”
“Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the Government's purposes are beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers. The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding.”

Source : Olmstead v. United States (dissenting opinion) (1928)
“Time heals nothing, it merely rearranges our memory.”

Source : Song: Zero Bars, Album: Tubeway Army
“As you embrace the present and become one with it, and merge with it, you will experience a fire, a glow, a sparkle of ecstasy throbbing in every sentient being. As you begin to experience this exultation of spirit in everything that is alive, as you become intimate with it, joy will be born within you, and you will drop the terrible burdens of defensiveness, resentment, and hurtfulness... then you will become lighthearted, carefree, joyous, and free.”

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