"Must be grounded in a philosophy whose foundation is on the solidarity of the human race, a philosophy which will not waver when the race happens to be represented by a drunken woman or an idiot boy."

-- Jane Addams

#Philosophy Quotes #Boys Quotes #Race Quotes

“Most of the world is covered by water. A fisherman's job is simple: Pick out the best parts.”
“God never does anything accidentally...”
“I'm just trying to make a smudge on the collective unconscious.”
“Believe me, nobody likes to loaf more than me.”
“Beaten paths are for beaten men.”

Source : "Speaker's encyclopedia of stories, quotations, and anecdotes" by Jacob Braude, 1955.
“Believe it, my good friend, to love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in the world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues; and if I mistake not, you have as much of it as I ever met with in anybody.”

Source : Charles Bradlaugh, John Watts, Anthony Collins (2012). “Half-Hours with the Freethinkers”, p.69, The Floating Press
“We're only here for one reason: to wake up... To realize yourself doesn't mean you are perfect as a human being. It means you are willing to bear the imperfections and not sell out to them.”
“The Maier woman is not a woman who doesn't have fun. My woman is not a woman who doesn't have a life. I like clothes to suggest something. I'm gay, but so what? I still have that sensibility that I like to look at a beautiful woman, and I'm as intrigued as any straight man. I probably look even harder because I like what you don't see.”

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