"We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or traditions, nor do we urge anyone to abandon theirs"

-- Mikhail Gorbachev

#Philosophy Quotes #Tradition Quotes #Conviction Quotes

“Children are illuminated text-books, breviaries of doctrine, living bodies of divinity, open always and inviting their elders to peruse the characters inscribed on the lovely leaves.”
“The normal and the stigmatized are not persons, but perspectives.”

Source : Erving Goffman (2009). “Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity”, p.138, Simon and Schuster
“Animal rights without veganism is like human rights with slavery. It makes no sense. None whatsoever.”
“When people travel here from across the country, they shed jealousies and politics and prejudices. The mighty climb down. The humble are elevated.”
“I don't think there is a national pasttime. Watching TV is a national pasttime. Really. If there is a national pasttime, it is watching TV.”
“Personally, I am a great believer in bed, in constantly keeping horizontal...the heart and everything else go slower, and the whole system is refreshed.”
“Oh I'm in love with the janitor's boy, And the janitor's boy loves me; He's going to hunt for a desert isle In our geography.”

Source : Nathalia Crane (1925). “The Janitor's Boy and Other Poems”
“The human animal, like others, is adapted to a certain amount of struggle for life [and] the mere absence of effort from his life removes an essential ingredient of happiness. [. . .] He forgets that to be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.”

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