"If multiculturalism succeeds in making us a nation of independently empowered tribes, each tribe will be deprived of the comfort of victimhood and be forced to confront human limitation for what it is: a fixture of life."

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Source : Jonathan Franzen (2007). “How to Be Alone: Essays”, p.96, Macmillan

Jonathan Franzen

#Comfort Quotes #Succeed Quotes #Tribes Quotes

“The raging monster upon the land is population growth. In its presence, sustainability is but a fragile theoretical construct. To say, as many do, that the difficulties of nations are not due to people, but to poor ideology and land-use management is sophistic.”
“Today is not bad just because yesterday seemed better.”
“A brave heart? It feels like a swollen and aching thing in my chest.”
“Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth.”
“I was struggling man. I had a stomach ache. I was throwing up, I was just feeling bad. I couldn't sleep.”
“We are a blend of dust and divinity.”

Source : "The World's Religions". Book by Huston Smith, 1991.
“When anger enters the mind, wisdom departs.”
“As soon as effective listening takes place, the ear identifies what needs to be done and guides the techniques search for a solution”

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