"When you understand what you see, you will no longer be children. You will know that life is pain, that each of us hangs always upon the cross of himself. And when you know that this is true of every man, woman and child on earth, you will be wiser."

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Source : Whittaker Chambers (2014). “Witness”, p.22, Regnery Publishing

Whittaker Chambers

#Pain Quotes #Children Quotes #Men Quotes

“"Be yourself" is about the worst advice you can give some people.”

Source : "American Treasury, 1455-1955". Book by Clifton Fadiman, p. 791, 1955.
“You can't really divorce yourself and your life from the world you live in.”
“The proper Science and Subject for Man's Contemplation is Man himself. [Fr., La vraie science et le vrai etude de l'homme c'est l'homme.]”
“Authors do not supply imaginations, they expect their readers to have their own, and to use it”
“Exposing their own humility and vulnerability is one of the most difficult challenges for white antiracist, even after achieving an autonomous white racial identity.”

Source : Eileen O'Brien (2001). “Whites Confront Racism: Antiracists and their Paths to Action”, p.109, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
“I'm not particularly impressed with going 50 miles per gallon. That doesn't impress me when we can go to the moon.”
“A new breed of Americans born out of the social movements of the 60s and grown into a majority in the 70s holds a set of values so markedly different from the traditional outlook that they promise to transform the character of work in America in the 80s.”
“They don't know you're secretly a badass?”

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