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“I am not only convinced that what I say is false, but also that what one might say against it is false. Despite this, one must begin to talk about it. In such a case the truth lies not in the middle, but rather all around, like a sack, which, with each new opinion one stuffs into it, changes its form, and becomes more and more firm.”
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“When you catch an adjective, kill it.”
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“I'm in my usual state up here in the commentary box: high tension, heart beating like a trip hammer, whatever that is.”
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“Dagwood Bumstead was a great unrecognized hero of American literature. He showed up every day, he got knocked down every day, he never got to eat his sandwich every day, the dog jumped on him every day, his wife was giving him a hard time and he showed up every day.”
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“We do not receive wisdom, we must discover it for ourselves, after a journey through the wilderness which no one else can make for us, which no one can spare us, for our wisdom is the point of view from which we come at last to regard the world.”
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“Joy is more infectious than leprosy”
Source : "Baba Amte: A Vision of New India". Book by Hans Staffner (p. 22), 2000.
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“It is a mistake to assume that the law should always enforce morality.”
Source : Peter Singer (2011). “Practical Ethics”, p.130, Cambridge University Press
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“Because of where I come from, I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President.”
