Quotes
Authors
Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
"Without peace and the rule of law, civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights cannot be enjoyed, when killing, maiming and mutual poisoning prevail." --
Source : "Rights Expert Urges the UN General Assembly to Adopt a More Decisive Role in Peace-making". "Alfred de Zayas' Human Rights Corner" blog, dezayasalfred.wordpress.com. September 26, 2013.
Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
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“Enough of dreams! No longer mock The burdened hearts of men! Not on the cloud, but on the rock Build thou thy faith again; O range no more the realms of air, Stoop to the glen-bound streams; Thy hope was all too like despair: Enough, enough of dreams.”
Source : "The Secret Inn: 'The Kingdom is Within You'". Master Mind Magazine, Volume VII, No. 3, p. 99, December 1914.
“All transitions are composed of an ending, a neutral zone and a new beginning”
“I am especially glad of the divine gift of laughter: it has made the world human and lovable, despite all its pain and wrong.”
Source : W. E. B. Du Bois (2014). “Dusk of Dawn (The Oxford W. E. B. Du Bois)”, p.193, Oxford University Press
“Man's life is entirely in his operations, which may all be classed under three heads: he thinks, he feels, and he acts -- these three modes of activity exhaust his powers.”
“A basic principle of American justice holds that a bad man has the same rights as a good man.”
“One girl can be pretty - but a dozen are only a chorus.”
“Why in general, when you`re putting together a White House staff and putting together a good one, you`re looking for someone there who is not someone who`s going to be heavy-handed.”
“All is artifice in my world, Constantine. Even me. Especially me. He taught me to be a duchess, to be an impregnable fortress, to be the guardian of my own heart, But he admitted that he could not teach me how or when to allow the fortress to be breached or my heart to be unlocked. It would simply happen, he said. he promised it would, in fact. But how is love to find me, even assuming it is looking?”
