"It's not the suffering of birth, death, love that the young reject, but the suffering of endless labor without dream, eating the spare bread in bitterness, being a slave without the security of a slave."

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Source : Meridel Le Sueur, Elaine Hedges (1990). “Ripening: Selected Work”, p.143, Feminist Press at CUNY

Meridel Le Sueur

#Dream Quotes #Suffering Quotes #Bread Quotes

“They will do anything for the worker, except become one.”

Source : Gregory Benford (2010). “Timescape”, p.46, Spectra
“Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.”
“I never liked the rain until I walked through it with you.”

Source : Song: Like the Rain
“Every noble acquisition is attended with its risks; he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other.”
“Because knowledge changes so rapidly, knowledge flow is more important than knowledge stock.”
“My diet plan. 8am to 12noon: only fruits and fruit juice. Noon to 8pm: vegetarian meals. From 8pm to 8am the kitchen is CLOSED.”
“happiness is a duty, not only because of its effect upon us but because of its influence upon others.”
“Fortunate are those who take the first step. Someday people will realize that men and women are capable of speaking the language of the angels - that all of us are possessed of the gifts of the Holy Spirit and that we can perform miracles, cure, prophesy, and understand.”

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