"You can feel that something terrible is going on in another place in the world, and it's the other, it's not you. It's always there, it's them. But this them is also you."

-- Michal Rovner

#World Quotes #Terrible Quotes #Places In The World Quotes

“Goodness is easier to recognize than to define.”
“There are many countries in the world that when they reached the middle-income stage, they witnessed serious structural problems such as growth stagnation, a widening wealth gap and increasing social unrest.”
“Cheating is a definite no-no. My man has to be all mine or never mind!”
“Human beings want to know too much abut each other, and that's why there are so many lies.”
“What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.”

Source : "Courage To Care - Rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust" by Carol Rittner and Sandra Meyers, NYU Press, (p. 2), 1986.
“Sense how Even the smooth stones ache With stories of their own In the shuddering light of day.”

Source : Scott Hastie, “Life Collects”
“Words are just words.”
“One morning, in cool blood, I slipped a noose about its neck and hung it to the limb of a tree; â€” hung it with the tears streaming from my eyes, and with the bitterest remorse at my heart; â€” hung it because I knew that it had loved me, and because I felt it had given me no reason of offence; â€” hung it because I knew that in so doing I was committing a sin â€” a deadly sin that would so jeopardize my immortal soul as to place it â€” if such a thing were possible â€” even beyond the reach of the infinite mercy of the Most Merciful and Most Terrible God.”

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