"Rights are a protection from society. But only by fulfilling their obligations to society can the individual give meaning to that protection. (V - From Ideology Towards Equilibrium)"

-- John Ralston Saul

#Rights Quotes #Giving Quotes #Protection Quotes

“You may not be interested in strategy, but strategy is interested in you.”
“I swam a little bit in high school but I wasn't a jock.”
“That world beyond is a world of sanctity and radiance; therefore, it is necessary that in this world he should acquire these divine attributes. In that world there is need of spirituality, faith, assurance, the knowledge and love of God. These he must attain in this world so that after his ascension from the earthly to the heavenly Kingdom he shall find all that is needful in that eternal life ready for him.”
“Young men should prove theorems, old men should write books.”
“I am so fresh in soul and spirit that life gushes and bubbles around me in a thousand springs.”
“If you want to be great and successful, choose people who are great and successful and walk side by side with them.”
“When looking at female body builders and reading about the industry and the culture, their bodies just break down. They end up having to get breast implants and not having menstrual cycles. The obsession of pushing your physical self way beyond what nature is expecting is really interesting. I liked the idea of these women; it's their career, but it's also their obsession.”
“In Seattle, they have a saying: 'If you don't like the weather, wait five minutes and then shoot yourself in the face.'”

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