"The Bible has been used as a way of making us accept our situation, and not to bring enlightenment to the poor."

-- Rigoberta Menchu

#Justice Quotes #Enlightenment Quotes #Way Quotes

“Don't limit yourself and don't let anyone put a limit on your potential.”

Source : Twitter post from Jan 25, 2015
“Cat: a soft indestructible automaton provided by nature to be kicked when things go wrong in the domestic circle.”
“To wake in the night: be wide awake in an instant, with all your faculties on edge: to wake, and be under compulsion to set in, night for night, at the same point, knowing from grim experience, that the demons awaiting you have each to be grappled with in turn, no single one of them left unthrown, before you can win through to the peace that is utter exhaustion.”

Source : Henry Handel Richardson (pseud.) (1930). “The fortunes of Richard Mahony: comprising Australia Felix, The way home, Ultima Thule”
“This I know; the spirit of Man cannot be stopped.”
“Peace in the Middle East isn't going to be created by another war or violent act on the other side.”
“Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.”
“How much does it cost to entice a dope-smoking UNIX system guru to Dayton?”
“I recall an incident involving the late George Stigler at a conference in Spain in the 1980s. Hearing that I had written a book on reason and natural law, Stigler started to ridicule reason, going so far as to say that there is as much reason in a monkey's antics as in any human act. At that point I asked him whether he was trying to tell me something about how he wrote his books; he gave me a blank stare and stormed out of the room.”

Source : Kelley Armstrong (2010). “The Reckoning: The Darkest Powers Trilogy”, p.219, Penguin Group

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