"Power rises to the top like cream and dominates the weak with cruelty disguised as -- and often even believed to be -- benevolence."

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Source : Michael J. Sullivan (2009). “Nyphron Rising”, p.245, Ridan Publishing

Michael J. Sullivan

#Weak Quotes #Cruelty Quotes #Benevolence Quotes

“Cancer is a word, not a sentence.”

Source : C by John Diamond p. 75. Vermilion, London (1998)
“The Bible should be taught, but emphatically not as reality. It is fiction, myth, poetry, anything but reality. As such it needs to be taught because it underlies so much of our literature and our culture.”
“I'm very representational some of the time, and a little all of the time. But when you're painting out of your unconscious, figures are bound to emerge.”
“In the Bhagavad Gita, there is no long discussion, nothing elaborate. The main reason for this is that everything stated in the Gita is meant to be tested in the life of every man; it is intended to be verified in practice.”
“The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Why are atoms so small? ... Many examples have been devised to bring this fact home to an audience, none of them more impressive than the one used by Lord Kelvin: Suppose that you could mark the molecules in a glass of water, then pour the contents of the glass into the ocean and stir the latter thoroughly so as to distribute the marked molecules uniformly throughout the seven seas; if you then took a glass of water anywhere out of the ocean, you would find in it about a hundred of your marked molecules.”
“The event is placed at such a distance, and contained, that these images move beyond the context in which they were made, the geographic setting, and so on, and engage the viewer in a one-to-one relationship solely through their physical presence.”
“Choose the mountain you want to climb: don't pay attention to what other people say, such as "that one's more beautiful" or "this one's easier". You'll be spending lots of energy and enthusiasm to reach your objective, so you're the only one responsible and you should be sure of what you're doing.”

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