"History is changed by martyrs who tell the truth."

--

Source : Miguel Syjuco (2010). “Ilustrado: A Novel”, p.15, Macmillan

Miguel Syjuco

#Telling The Truth Quotes #Martyr Quotes #Changed Quotes

“The campaign in Iraq illustrates the continuing progress of military technology and tactics, but if there is a single overriding lesson it must be this: American military power, especially when buttressed by Britain's, is virtually unchallengeable today. Take us on? Don't try! And that's not hubris, it's just plain fact.”
“Your close men friends should be willing to challenge your mediocrity by suggesting a concrete action you can perform that will pop you out of your rut, one way or the other. And you must be willing to offer them your brutal honesty, in the same way, if you are all to grow.”
“And enough for me that when my hand touched your shoulder, you leaned on me; and when you felt me slip away, you called my name.”
“I think every parent takes more pleasure in seeing their child succeed than seeing themselves succeed.”
“When you share your last crust of bread with a beggar, you mustn't behave as if you were throwing a bone to a dog. You must give humbly, and thank him for allowing you to have a part in his hunger.”
“To be wise was to be above joy and sorrow, fear and pity, ambition and humiliation. It was to hate nothing and to love nothing, and above all to be utterly indifferent to the love and hate of others.”
“Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth.”

Source : Alfred Marshall, Mary Paley Marshall (1888). “The Economics of Industry”
“First, whenever a man talks loudly against religion, always suspect that it is not his reason, but his passions, which have got the better of his creed. A bad life and a good belief are disagreeable and troublesome neighbors, and where they separate, depend upon it, 'Tis for no other cause but quietness sake.”

You may also like:

David Guerrero
F. Sionil JosÃ©
Writer
Gregor von Rezzori
Novelist
Jerry Spinelli
Writer
Jessica Hagedorn
Playwright
Jessica Zafra
Fiction writer
Nick JoaquÃn
Writer
Peter HÃ¸eg
Writer
Wells Tower
Writer