"Over the years I have come to believe that life is full of unchosen circumstances, that being human has to do with the evolution of our individual consciousness and with it, responsibilities for choice. Pain and joy both come with life. I believe that how we respond to what happens to us and around us shapes who we become and has to do with the psyche or the soul's growth."

-- Jean Shinoda Bolen

#Pain Quotes #Believe Quotes #Responsibility Quotes

“When I was in Sri Lanka with the [Tamil] Tigers, there were editorials in the paper saying that soldiers really had to stop raping Tamil women at checkpoints because they were just creating more operatives. The [Tigers] were cognizant of this and exploited it: "Don't be a victim, join the movement.”
“There is no consensus even today on the merits of Napoleon - and certainly no agreement on the rights and wrongs of the origins of the First World War.”
“Oh words, what crimes are committed in your name? ~Jack or The Submission”
“What you actually want to do with every single employee, every single day is expand the scope of their responsibilities until it breaks.”
“I have a feeling that climate change may be an issue as severe as a war. It may be necessary to put democracy on hold for a while.”
“So much the worse, it may be, for a particular meeting: but the meeting is the individual, which on evolution principles, must be sacrificed for the development of the race.”

Source : Arthur Cayley, Andrew Russell Forsyth (1963). “The collected mathematical papers of Arthur Cayley”
“Some of the FDA's own scientists have charged that politics, not science, is behind the FDA's actions.”
“Long-term travel doesn't require a massive bundle of cash; it requires only that we walk through the world in a more deliberate way.”

Source : Rolf Potts (2002). “Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel”, p.10, Ballantine Books

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