"This dream of absolute, universal equality is amazing, terrifying, and inhuman. And the moment it captures people's minds, the result is mountains of corpses and rivers of blood..."

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Source : Vladimir Bukovsky (1988). “To build a castle: my life as a dissenter”, Ethics & Public Policy Center

Vladimir Bukovsky

#Dream Quotes #Blood Quotes #Rivers Quotes

“Relationships are mysterious. We doubt the positive qualities in others, seldom the negative. You will say to your partner: do you really love me? Are you sure you love me? You will ask this a dozen times and drive the person nuts. But you never ask: are you really mad at me? Are you sure youâ€™re angry? When someone is angry, you donâ€™t doubt it for a moment. Yet the reverse should be true. We should doubt the negative in life, and have faith in the positive.”
“Taking responsible steps to reduce poverty is not merely a moral imperative but an economic one.”
“I eat everything, that's a problem. I don't have discipline. My favorite dish is the Caribbean. Meat, rice, lots of grains. But I do like to do exercises. Lately, I've been having capoeira classes and lots of cardiovascular exercises, such as jogging and cycling.”
“I don't like ephemeral things; I like things that last forever”
“Where [Albert Camus] is in exile isn't especially in Paris or elsewhere, but from the intellectual world, because of his origins.”
“A relationship that has any depth and power at all will inevitably penetrate our usual shield of defenses, exposing our most tender and sensitive spots, and leaving us feeling vulnerable - literally, 'able to be wounded.' To love, in this sense, is to open ourselves to being hurt. The dream of love would have us believe that something is wrong if a relationship causes us pain. Yet trying to avoid the wound of love only creates a more permanent kind of damage. It prevents us from opening ourselves fully, and this keeps us from ever forming a deeply satisfying intimate connection.”
“I had a job since I was old enough to work - since I was, like, 14.”
“There's always this sound out there that's just a little beyond my reach & that just sort of keeps me going.”

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