"It is in Rousseau's writing above all that history begins to turn from upper-class honour to middle-class humanitarianism. Pity, sympathy and compassion lie at the centre of his moral vision. Values associated with the feminine begin to infiltrate social existence as a whole, rather than being confined to the domestic sphere."

-- Terry Eagleton

#Lying Quotes #Writing Quotes #Compassion Quotes

“In New York City, the meek don't inherit the earth. The big mouth does.”
“Whenever it poured like this, Max felt as if time was pausing. It was like a cease-fire during which you could stop whatever you were doing and just stand by a window for hours, watching the performance, an endless curtain of tears falling from heaven.”
“There's no end to suspicion once you get going.”
“Having some retail experience is key. It really is where the battle is won or lost.”
“In the career of a prodigy there invariably comes a time when it is compelled to relinquish being very clever for a child, and has to enter the business of life in competition with adults.”
“Doubt is the offspring of knowledge: the savage never doubts at all.”

Source : William Winwood Reade (1874). “The Martyrdom of Man”, p.242
“Only when we have something to value, will we have something to evaluate.. and we cannot value something that we cannot share, exchange, and examine.”
“The great courageous act that we must all do, is to have the courage to step out of our history and past so that we can live our dreams.”

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