"The judgment of music, like the inspiration for it, must come slow and measured, if it comes with truth."

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Lillian Hellman

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“The central task of education is to implant a will and facility for learning; it should produce not learned but learning people. The truly human society is a learning society, where grandparents, parents, and children are students together.”
“Learn to do things right and then do them right every time.”
“Literature: proclaiming in front of everyone what one is careful to conceal from one's immediate circle”
“I don't believe in curses, I think you make your own destination.”
“Consequences are unpitying.”
“In the anarchic world of international politics, it is better to be Godzilla than Bambi.”

Source : "China's Unpeaceful Rise". Current History, Volume 105, 2006.
“Conversion is not putting a man in an armchair and taking him easily to heaven. It is the beginning of a mighty conflict, in which it costs much to win the victory.”
“Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. I mean do not be disheartened by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage. How are we to be patient in dealing with our neighbour's faults if we are impatient in dealing with our own? He who is fretted by his own failings will not correct them. All profitable correction comes from a calm and peaceful mind.”

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