"It is a sure criterion of the civilisation of ancient Egypt that the soldiers did not carry arms except on duty, and that the private citizens did not carry them at all."

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Source : William Winwood Reade (1874). “The Martyrdom of Man”, p.24

William Winwood Reade

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“I dream a world... where wretchedness will hang its head and joy, like a pearl, attends the needs of all mankind. Of such I dream, my world!”

Source : Langston Hughes (2001). “The Collected Works of Langston Hughes: The poems, 1941-1950”, p.259, University of Missouri Press
“I set a personal record on Christmas. I got my shopping done three weeks ahead of time. I had all the presents back at my apartment, I was halfway through wrapping them, and I realized, 'Damn, I used the wrong wrapping paper.' The paper I used said, 'Happy Birthday.' I didn't want to waste it, so I just wrote 'Jesus' on it.”
“Life is not fair...Anyone who says it is, or even that it ought to be, is a fool or worse.”
“Be patient. Relax and trust. Let go. Then, let go some more.”
“Our destiny is to become what we think, to have our thoughts become our bodies and our bodies become our thoughts.”
“If animals could talk, the world would lose its best listeners.”
“What a type of happy family is the family of the Sun! With what order, with what harmony, with what blessed peace, do his children the planets move around him, shining with light which they drink in from their parent's in at once upon him and on one another!”

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