"Some plague the people with too long sermons; for the faculty of listening is a tender thing, and soon becomes weary and satiated."

-- Martin Luther

#Long Quotes #People Quotes #Listening Quotes

“Our destiny and ultimate fate depend upon our daily decisions. . . .Tomorrow's joy or tomorrow's despair has its roots in decisions we make today. . . . Those who stand at the threshold of life always waiting for the right time to change are like the man who stands at the bank of a river waiting for the water to pass so he can cross on dry land.”
“Not whether we accomplish anarchism today, tomorrow, or within ten centuries, but that we walk towards anarchism today, tomorrow, and always.”

Source : Errico Malatesta, Paul Avrich Collection (Library of Congress) (1933). “A talk between two workers”
“The era of 'anything goes' is gone for ever.”

Source : Mwai Kibaki (2003). “Building a working nation: speeches by H.E. President Mwai Kibaki : December 2002 - July 2003”
“Whatever a man has in superabundance is owed, of natural right, to the poor for their sustenance. So Ambrosius says, and it is also to be found in the Decretum Gratiani: The bread which you withhold belongs to the hungry: the clothing you shut away, to the naked: and the money you bury in the earth is the redemption and freedom of the penniless.”
“Whatever age we are is the age weâ€™ve always been.”
“Happiness is inside you, not with another person”
“My parents had irrational fears of Mexico and assumed that once you crossed the border, drug runners made you swallow a ***** balloon and then within the hour you were in a bathtub full of ice and they were harvesting your kidneys.”

Source : Justin Halpern (2010). “Shit My Dad Says”, p.111, Pan Macmillan
“Perfection is worth striving for, even if it is ultimately unattainable in this life.”

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