"What is life? The joy of the blessed, the sorrow of the sad, and a search for death. And what is death? An inevitable happening, an uncertain pilgrimage, the tears of the living, the thief of man."

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Source : Donna Woolfolk Cross (2009). “Pope Joan: A Novel”, p.34, Broadway Books

Donna Woolfolk Cross

#Blessed Quotes #Men Quotes #Joy Quotes

“I'm not a very dark person.”
“It's tricky. I've never been standing at the top of the tree with tons of money thrown at me. I've never really had a profile. So in a way I have this 'nothing to lose' attitude.”

Source : "Enjoying life on 'the list'" by Giles Hardie, www.smh.com.au. April 13, 2012.
“I have an absolutely unshakable faith in kids, grounded in the fact that I worked for three years in one of the worst public schools in Baltimore, with kids most people would write off because of their backgrounds. But, when I set high expectations, at the end of the day, these kids went from scoring at the bottom on standardized tests, to scoring at the top, despite their unfortunate circumstances.”

Source : Source: aalbc.com
“In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.”

Source : Edmund Burke (1790). “Reflections on the Revolution in France: And on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. In a Letter Intended to Have Been Sent to a Gentleman in Paris”, p.186
“I want a world without war, a world without insanity. I want to see people do well. I don't even think it's as much as what I want for myself. It's more what I want for the people around me. That's what I want.”
“Especially in a world that doesn't need homemade anything.That's when we need homemade everything.”

Source : Kate Jacobs (2008). “The Friday Night Knitting Club”, p.358, Penguin
“In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.”
“[During the second Sudanese Civil War] what was actually killing us wasn't the Muslims, wasn't the Arabs. It was somebody sitting somewhere manipulating the system, and using religion to get what they want to get out of us, which is the oil, the diamond, the gold and the land.”

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