"Nearly always, so as to live at peace with ourselves, we disguise our own impotence and weakness as calculation and policy; it is our way of placating that half of our being which is in a sense a spectator of the other."

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Source : Benjamin Constant (2006). “Adolphe”, p.49, Penguin UK

Benjamin Constant

#Weakness Quotes #Half Quotes #Way Quotes

“First of all, my persuasion is what really breeds violence is political differences. But because religion serves as the soul of community, it gets drawn into the fracas and turns up the heat.”
“My love for ice cream emerged at an early age - and has never left!”
“I was actually the one who decided to move to LA. Mom and I were driving on Sunset Boulevard during one of our trips back to see her family, and I said, 'Can we just stay?' So we did.”
“If you are going to be courageous, an example for all those who are ready to step into their power, then you must be willing to show the world all of who you are. You must have the guts to throw off the chains of modesty and mediocrity in order to be the light that the world needs.”
“The NBA is a big family, and I think of all these rookies as my brothers. I still believe I am blue collar among the All-Stars.”
“The road to enlightenment is paved with authenticity, not imitation.”
“The pessimist is seldom an agitating individual. His creed breeds indifference to others, and he does not trouble himself to thrust his views upon the unconvinced.”
“I think that whether you're on the right or on the left as an economist or as a policy maker, every serious analyst I know agrees that at some point you have to deal with entitlements.”

Source : "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. May 16, 2013.

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