"My personal philosophy of life is one of ethics"

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Source : Alva Myrdal, Cecilia Åse, Yvonne Hirdman (2002). “"Något kan man väl göra: texter 1932-1982”

Alva Myrdal

#Philosophy Quotes #Ethics Quotes #Life Is Quotes

“God is sufficient in all ages for His church.”
“Against Bradley, every time I'm trying to dunk, dunk, dunk.”
“A modern teacher educates children to value their emotions.”
“... in practice the standard for what constitutes rape is set not at the level of women's experience of violation but just above the level of coercion acceptable to men.”

Source : Judith Lewis Herman (1997). “Trauma and Recovery”, p.72, Basic Books
“Things I can feel. Hard. Soft. Rough. Smooth. But the inside kind of feel, it is all the same, like foggy mush. Is that the part of me that is still asleep? (9)”
“Reading musses up my mind.”
“Afflictions, persecutions, imprisonments, and death, we must expect, according to the scriptures, which tell us that the blood of those whose souls were under the altar could not be avenged on them that dwell on the earth, until their brethren should be slain as they were.”
“Every time we give our word, it counts. For the most part, most people give it entirely too often. Our word is a precious commodity and should be treated as such....”

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