"In my philosophy, the meaning of life derives from the people one has known and loved. I have met my share of evil people and know what they are capable of - I was at the liberation of Dachau - but I have always held that evil is not inherent in men and women. I still believe that within a caring society, only the best people will flourish. That is the spirit that has moved me to photograph."

-- Walter Rosenblum

#Philosophy Quotes #Believe Quotes #Caring Quotes

“Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.”
“Iâ€™ve worked with volunteers before,â€ he began. â€œItâ€™s important not toâ€¦ not to treat them like servants. We may feel that they are laboring to obtain a heavenly reward, and should therefore work harder than they would for money; but they donâ€™t necessarily take that attitude. They feel theyâ€™re working for nothing, and doing a great kindness to us thereby; and if we seem ungrateful they will work slowly and make mistakes. It will be best to rule them with a light touch.”
“The bottom line is that my life has already almost slipped away from me. I have two choices: I can end it or I can fight like hell to save it.”
“There's one form of immortality I like to think about. It's that all those who from the very first have given anything to the world are living in the world to-day.”

Source : Susan Glaspell, Eric S. Rabkin (1912). “Lifted Masks, and Other Works”, p.256, University of Michigan Press
“To alter the money value of commodities, by altering the value of money, and yet to raise the same money amount by taxes, is then undoubtedly to increase the burthens of society.”
“It seems to be that southern Europeans are just more intimate socially, whereas I like a lot of personal space - like, a mile from the nearest person is fine for me.”
“Suddenly you've worked yourself up to the top of the pecking order and you say to yourself, okay, this is going to be fun.”
“Nobody ever told you that being a mother is all about making what seemed like thousands of tiny decisions.”

Source : Liane Moriarty (2013). “The Husband's Secret”, p.181, Penguin UK

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