"Reading is a protest against the insufficiencies of life"

-- Mario Vargas Llosa

#Reading Quotes #Protest Quotes #Insufficiency Quotes

“The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.”

Source : Ludwig Von Mises (1985). “Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War”, Libertarian Press
“The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another.”

Source : George Bancroft (1851). “History of the United states”, p.340
“When the guilty verdict was handed down, I walked outside and saw a rainbow encircling the sun. Everyone in Monrovia could see it. It was a hot day, 80 or 90 degrees. I don't remember seeing any raindrops fall. I thought, this is a sign.”
“a problem well put is half solved.”
“No one is perfect and everyone wishes they could change something about themselves.”
“Gold has an almost atavistic lure. People feel it has a panacea effect.”

Source : "The Lure of Gold: PW Talks with Howard Blum". Interview with Amy Meng, www.publishersweekly.com. February 21, 2011.
“The more is given the less the people will work for themselves, and the less they work the more their poverty will increase.”
“The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small.”

Source : "Peter's Quotations : Ideas for Our Time" by Laurence J. Peter, (p. 508), 1977.

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