"The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions."

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Source : Jean Rostand (1962). “The substance of man”

Jean Rostand

#Independent Quotes #Belief Quotes #Conviction Quotes

“They have chosen cunning instead of belief. Their prison is only in their minds, yet they are in that prison; and so afraid of being taken in that they cannot be taken out.”
“The wolf never kills for fun, which is probably one of the main differences distinguishing him from man.”

Source : Farley Mowat (2015). “Never Cry Wolf”, p.96, Open Road Media
“Sometimes I feel people think I live on a commune but I don't. We are all solar, though. There are no power lines. It's mostly farmers, so everyone who has tractors uses bio-diesel.”
“Liberalism is moral syphilis. And I'm stepping over it.”
“Really feminism is about being all that you are and not having to trade one thing for another on your way up.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“I write a good amount. I've been gathering up a backlog of stuff and maybe I'll do something with it someday, but I don't want to talk about it just yet because that would jinx it.”
“As a soldier, I survived World War I when most of my comrades did not.”

Source : Lester B. Pearson (1964). “The Four Faces of Peace and the International Outlook: Statements”, McClelland and Stewart
“Home, home -- a few small rooms, stiflingly over-inhabited by a man, by a periodically teeming woman, by a rabble of boys and girls of all ages. No air, no space; an understerilized prison; darkness, disease, and smells.”

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