"Liberty is so much latitude as the powerful choose to accord to the weak."

-- Learned Hand

#Powerful Quotes #Liberty Quotes #Weak Quotes

“The thoughts written on the walls of madhouses by their inmates might be worth publicizing.”
“Each person's grief journey is unique as a fingerprint or a snowflake.”
“Then the other door opened. I wen't rigid. If I had thought Reth's was beautiful, it was nothing to this soul. It filled the night with light, dancing and rippling like the reflection on a pond. I hadn't seen many souls, but I knew this one was special. I wanted it. I needed it.”
“It's one thing to write the music, it's another thing to write it down, it's another thing to play it, and something else altogether again to learn how to play it. These are the elements that are fascinating, and, you know, move my world.”

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“Earth Day 1970 was irrefutable evidence that the American people understood the environmental threat and wanted action to resolve it.”
“It was demeaning to scrape affection from virtually everyone you encountered. That was immature.”
“Equilibrium is the profoundest tendency of all human activity.”
“I accept that life is uncertain--that the goal is not to become more certain about anything but to relax more into the mystery of not knowing what will come next. And then, miracle of miracles, out there in the deep and uncertain water, I come into a peaceful knowing--a faithful wisdom that surpasses control and certainty.”

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