Quotes
Authors
Solomon Northup
"It is not the fault of the slaveholder that he is cruel, so much as it is the fault of the system under which he lives. He cannot withstand the influence of habit and associations that surround him. Taught from earliest childhood, by all that he sees and hears that the rod is for the slave's back, he will not be apt to change his opinions in maturer years." --
Source : Solomon Northup (2008). “Twelve Years a Slave”, p.206, Applewood Books
Solomon Northup
#Years Quotes
#Childhood Quotes
#Association Quotes
“Dying is not romantic, and death is not a game which will soon be over... Death is not anything... death is not... It's the absence of presence, nothing more... the endless time of never coming back... a gap you can't see, and when the wind blows through it, it makes not sound...”
“There's a lot of noise in the world, and the internet magnifies that energy.”
“My dream went all the way back to the beginning. The rain rose into the clouds, and the animals descended the ramp.”
“Now is not the time to shrink from the challenge of saving our only home in the universe. Now is not the time to pull into ourselves, retreating into either survivalist or escapist mode. To the contrary, this is the time for titans, not turtles. Now is the time to open our arms, expand our horizons, and dream big. Big problems require big solutions.”
Source : Van Jones (2008). “The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems”, HarperOne
“You forge different bonds with friends than with family, tell different secrets.”
“Mathematicians do not study objects, but relations among objects; they are indifferent to the replacement of objects by others as long the relations don't change. Matter is not important, only form interests them.”
“The American people are not cowardly. But, living in prosperous isolation, they have been the spoiled children of modern history.”
“Music does not replace words, it gives tone to the words”