"In Europe, war is a disease which has been in the family for generations: no one is surprised when it makes another leap. Even the patient only attends to it with part of his mind."

-- Storm Jameson

#War Quotes #Europe Quotes #Mind Quotes

“She looked at me as if for a moment she would seek someone who would understand the dreadful predicament of a woman, in this world ruled by men.”
“The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership. There is nothing basically wrong with the Nigerian land or climate or water or air or anything else. The Nigerian problem is the unwillingness or inability of its leaders to rise to the responsibility, to the challenge of personal example which are the hallmarks of true leadership.”

Source : Chinua Achebe (1984). “The Trouble with Nigeria”, p.1, Heinemann
“I thought that I wasn't an essayist because I just didn't see myself in a lot of the essays that were popular at the time. That's why I joined the poetry program in grad school.”
“A commercial civilization is money-oriented, profit-oriented. Commercial values always tend to wrench a society free of tradition.Economics from education to public service is being reorganized on the self-destructive basis of self-interest.”
“Visualize, 'prayerize', 'actionize', and your wishes will come true.”
“The rich are becoming richer, and the gap between the rich and the poor is getting bigger.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“We're all in this together is a far better philosophy than you're on your own.”
“Look for Christ and you will find Him, and with Him everything else thrown in”

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