"The ones I pity are the ones who never stick out their neck for something they believe, never know the taste of moral struggle, and never have the thrill of victory."

-- Jonathan Kozol

#Believe Quotes #Struggle Quotes #Victory Quotes

“..Acts of appropriation are part of the process by which we make ourselves. Appropriating - taking something for oneâ€™s own use - need not be synonymous with exploitation. This is especially true of cultural appropriation. The â€œuseâ€ one makes of what is appropriated is the crucial factor.”
“Every kindness I received, small or big, convinced me that there could never be enough of it in the world. Kindness, can change the lives of people.”

Source : Aung San Suu Kyi's Nobel Lecture in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. June 16, 2012.
“We will never know our full potential unless we push ourselves to find it. It's this self discovery that inevitably takes us to the wildest places on earth.”
“Avery: "So I've been doing some thinking." Cam: "Oh God." Avery: "Shut up.”
“One of the most powerful shocks of the Middle Passage is the collapse of our tacit contract with the universe-the assumption that if we act correctly, if we are of good heart and good intentions, things will work out. We assume a reciprocity with the universe. If we do our part, the universe will comply. Many ancient stories, including the Book of Job, painfully reveal the fact that there is no such contract, and everyone who goes through the Middle Passage is made aware of it.”
“What is common to all paths that are spiritual is, of course, the Spirit-breath, life energy, that is why all true paths are essentially one path, because there is only one Spirit, one breath, one life, one energy in the universe. It belongs to none of us and all of us. We all share it. Spiritually does not make up otherworldly; it renders us more fully alive.”
“Each time I caught sight of geese swooping in formation across the sky, I wondered how our life below might look from their perspective, and imagined that, were they ever to indulge in such speculation, the high-rises might seem to them like firs massed in a grove.”

Source : Teju Cole (2011). “Open City”, p.4, Faber & Faber
“If you let people follow their feelings, they will be able to do good. This is what is meant by saying that human nature is good.”

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