"The mistake you make, don't you see,is in thinking one can live in a corrupt society without being corrupt oneself. After all, what do you achieve by refusing to make money? You're trying to behave as though one could stand right outside our economic system. But one can't. One's got to change the system, or one changes nothing. One can't put things right in a hole-and-corner way, if you take my meaning."

-- George Orwell

#Mistake Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Trying Quotes

“Next to praying there is nothing so important in practical religion as Bible-reading.”
“Laughter is poison to fear.”
“The tyranny of distance is such an important element of policy and the allocation of resources.”
“I don't make a Bible argument in the ad, nor have I made a bible argument in the public space. My argument is simple, which is, that for several thousand years in Western civilization, marriage has been the union of one man and one woman. Research is overwhelming that children need mothers and fathers,”
“The human bird shall take his first flight, filling the world with amazement, all writings with his fame, and bringing eternal glory to the nest whence he sprang.”
“The pure, frank sentiments we hold in our hearts are the only truthful sources of art.”

Source : "Culture: Caspar D. Friedrich and the Wasteland" by Gjermund E. Jansen in Bits of News, March 3, 2005.
“The last step will be letting my hair go natural. Thatâ€™s when youâ€™ll know Iâ€™m freeâ€¦”
“You can choose not to be interested in politics, but you canâ€™t choose to be unaffected by it”

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