"Revenge is the most destructive emotion. Know that retribution against someone who has hurt you will not neutralise the bitterness of your pain. It will eat away at your very being. Be positive and remember the past cannot be changed."

“Democracy, like the human organism, carries within it the seed of its own destruction.”

“If you're a white kid growing up and you see a Black player and he's got the name of your college or your town across his chest, that means something.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org

“There's a big difference between guiding and controlling.”

“Ninety-nine per cent of traditional English literature concerns people who never have to worry about money at all. We always seem to be watching or reading about emotional crises among folk who live in a world of great fortune both in matters of luck and money; stories and fantasies about rock stars and film stars, sporting millionaires and models; jet-setting members of the aristocracy and international financiers.”

Source : James Kelman (2012). “And the Judges Said&…: Essays”, p.56, Birlinn

“I was very privileged and really blessed with so many material and spiritual gifts that I should give back, ... I should do something for my people, but ... it's not just in politics that you can be a servant of the people, you can do it in so many other ways.”

Source : "Then & Now: Corazon Aquino", www.cnn.com. September 19, 2005.

“Where words prevail not, violence prevails.”

Source : c.1589 The Spanish Tragedy, act 2, sc.1.

“I want to protect my own happiness. I'm not an angel. I'm just a normal girl.”

“Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind.”