"The only real revolution is in the enlightenment of the mind and the improvement of character, the only real emancipation is individual, and the only real revolutionaries are philosophers and saints."

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Source : "The Lessons of History". Book by Will Durant and Ariel Durant, 1968.

Will Durant

#Real Quotes #Character Quotes #Individuality Quotes

“Is the raggle-taggle Brangelina tribe any more bogus than that of the landlocked yummy mummy who believes that she can drop half a dozen brats and still keep a modest carbon footprint? I don't think so.”

Source : "Suffer little children? Give me a break" by Julie Burchill, www.theguardian.com. August 2, 2008.
“Aristotle is the last Greek philosopher who faces the world cheerfully; after him, all have, in one form or another, a philosophy of retreat.”
“I keep reading that Donald Trump is the most pro-LGBT GOP presidential nominee of all time - and I actually think that's true.”
“But women do not say 'We', except at some congress of feminists or similar formal demonstration; men say 'women', and women use the same word in referring to themselves.”
“Lying makes a problem part of the future; truth makes a problem part of the past.”

Source : Rick Pitino (2001). “Lead to Succeed: 10 Traits of Great Leadership in Business and Life”, p.88, Crown Business
“Another fella told me, he had a sister who looked just fine. Instead of being my deliverance, she had a strange resemblance to a cat name of Frankenstein.”

Source : Song: Another Saturday Night, Album: Ain't That Good News, 2003
“I'm very blessed and I don't take anything for granted. I think if you alienate people and just focus on your work then it just becomes lonely and it's not fun anymore.”
“A myth is an old lie that people believe in. White people believe that they're better than anyone else on earth - and that's a myth.”

Source : Ernest J. Gaines (2015). “A Lesson Before Dying”, p.189, Serpent's Tail

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