"The Hellenistic world was international to a degree, polyglot and inspired by many religious faiths. ...the Greek ideals were pagan and the Hellenistic age witnessed their death struggle against Asiatic and Egyptian mysteries , on the one side, and against Judaism , on the other."

-- George Sarton

#Religious Quotes #Struggle Quotes #Greek Quotes

“By placing confidence in violent means, one has chosen the very type of struggle with which the oppressors nearly always have superiority.”

Source : Gene Sharp (2010). “From Dictatorship to Democracy: A Conceptual Framework for Liberation”, p.5, Albert Einstein Institution
“It is not the armed forces which can protect our democracy. It is the moral strength of democracy which alone can give any meaning to the efforts at military security.”
“The military is such a hierarchical institution. It's an institution where, if you are assaulted by a person senior to you, you're probably the person that's expendable and that's going to get in trouble.”
“I am the infinite sea, and all worlds are but grains of sand upon my shore.”
“You have to have a mentality. This is a business. This ain't hanging out having a good time”
“Immerse yourself in natureâ€™s symphony and let your senses burst with joy.”
“Communing with God is communing with our own hearts, our own best selves, not with something foreign and accidental. Saints and devotees have gone into the wilderness to find God; of course they took God with them, and the silence and detachment enabled them to hear the still, small voice of their own souls, as one hears the ticking of his own watch in the stillness of the night.”
“I think everyone has their awkward phases. Growing up isn't easy for everyone.”

Source : "Q&A: Emily Ratajkowski on 'Blurred Lines' and Her Song of the Summer". Interview with Mike Ayers, www.esquire.com. July 22, 2013.

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