"mercy, I think, doesn't the human race know anything about mercy?"

-- Charles Bukowski

#Thinking Quotes #Race Quotes #Mercy Quotes

“It's human nay-cha...For me to sperminay-cha.”
“Don't look back, because someone might be gaining on you.”
“Judo helps us to understand that worry is a waste of energy.”

Source : "Kodokan Judo: The Essential Guide to Judo by Its Fouder Jigoro Kano". Book by Kano Jigoro, p. 23, 1994.
“People try to make sense of things, and if they donâ€™t know the answers, they make them up,because for some, a wrong answer is better than none.”

Source : Ann Aguirre (2012). “Outpost”, p.67, Macmillan
“Some people like milk, but I would never drink anything you have to stroke out of an animal.”
“It occurred to me when I was thirteen and wearing white gloves and Mary Janes and going to dancing school, that no one should have to dance backward all their lives.”
“I could tell by his expression that once he got over his anger at me for keeping this secret from him, there was nothing left to talk about. He wasn't confused. He didn't need questions answered. He didn't ask why or how or with whom or whether I thought maybe it might just be a phase. He didn't ask who knew and who didn't know or whether I thought it might ruin my career. I was his sister and he didn't care whether I was straight or gay; it simply didn't matter to him.”

Source : Portia de Rossi (2011). “Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain”, p.216, Simon and Schuster
“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”

Source : "Words of Wisdom to Live By". Book by Alfred Armand Montapert, 1986.

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