"Being sent away to school was no different from my biological mother giving me away."

-- Michael Reagan

#Mother Quotes #School Quotes #Giving Quotes

“A universal style is one that knows how to embrace lovingly those not quite developed.”

Source : Witold Gombrowicz, Danuta Borchardt (2012). “Ferdydurke”, p.84, Yale University Press
“Why are we mute? Where are our leaders, our legislators? Where is the church?”
“According to our social science, we can be or become wise in all matters of secondary importance, but we have to be resigned to utter ignorance in the most important respect: we cannot have any knowledge regarding the ultimate principles of our choices, i.e. regarding their soundness or unsoundness... We are then in the position of beings who are sane and sober when engaged in trivial business and who gamble like madmen when confronted with serious issues.”

Source : "Natural Right and History". Book by Leo Strauss, 1953.
“The establishment of democracy on the American continent was scarcely as radical a break with the past as was the necessity, which Americans faced, of broadening this concept to include black men.”
“Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.”

Source : Joseph Heller, Adam J. Sorkin (1993). “Conversations with Joseph Heller”, p.287, Univ. Press of Mississippi
“Its not just a smile of momentary happiness. When it disappears from my face, it will stay with me.”
“Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man.”
“Never make a decision when you need to pee.”

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