"Our ignorance allowed us to live, as you are in the mountains, and your rope is frayed and about to break, but you don't know it and feel safe."

-- Primo Levi

#Ignorance Quotes #Mountain Quotes #Safe Quotes

“Love, like light, is a thing that is enacted better than defined: we know it afterward by the traces it leaves on paper.”

Source : "Man of Fetters" by Adam Gopnik, www.newyorker.com. December 8, 2008.
“The erosion of a nation's concern for life and for individual rights, has always preceded the intrusion of tyranny.”

Source : Gerry Spence (1989). “With justice for none: destroying an American myth”, Crown
“In Britain, it's almost as if we're ashamed of having ambition and drive.”
“Being a soldier, fighting for this country, is neither Republican nor Democrat.”
“Rule of art: Cant kills creativity!”
“So I think it's important to communicate with the people in terms of what the real facts are on these proposals and try to have a discussion and a dialogue that gives people information. I think they're hungry for that rather than just political rhetoric.”
“To wish happiness for others, even for those who want to do us harm, is the source of consummate happiness.”
“A Student is the most important person ever in this school...in person, on the telephone, or by mail. A Student is not dependent on us...we are dependent on the Student. A Student is not an interruption of our work..the Studenti s the purpose of it. We are not doing a favor by serving the Student...the Student is doing us a favor by giving us the opportunity to do so. A Student is a person who brings us his or her desire to learn. It is our job to handle each Student in a manner which is beneficial to the Student and ourselves.”

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