"Those who appreciate the ways of simple tribes, where every activity is direct and immediately understandable, are able to live among them."

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Ella Maillart

#Simple Quotes #Appreciate Quotes #Tribes Quotes

“Karl Marx said, â€œThe task is not just to understand the world but to change it.â€ A variant to keep in mind is that if you want to change the world youâ€™d better try to understand it. That doesnâ€™t mean listening to a talk or reading a book, though thatâ€™s helpful sometimes. You learn from participating. You learn from others. You learn from the people youâ€™re trying to organize. We all have to gain the understanding and the experience to formulate and implement ideas.”
“For anyone to achieve something, he will have to show a little courage. You're only on this earth once. You must give it all you've got.”
“The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.”
“Whatever's there to feel, feel it—the riddance, the relief, the fright and freedom, the fear of forgetting, the dull ache of your own mortality. Get with someone you can trust with tears, with anger, and wonderment and utter silence.”

Source : "The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade".
“It is hard to hide our genes completely. However devoted someone may be to the privacy of his genotype, others with enough curiosity and knowledge can draw conclusions from the phenotype he presents and from the traits of his relatives.”

Source : Philip Kitcher (1997). “The Lives to Come”, p.127, Simon and Schuster
“Voting is fundamental in our democracy. It has yielded enormous returns.”
“There was a time in medieval England when they had wandering minstrels ... A wandering minstrel would have been Frank Sinatra's counterpart had he lived during the time of Henry II in 1190 or 1180.”

Source : Source: www.news-journalonline.com
“I question and soul-search constantly into myself to be as certain as I can that I am fulfilling the true meaning of my work, that I am maintaining my sense of purpose, that I am holding fast to my ideals, that I am guiding my people in the right direction.”

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