"You can't have pride without humility. Aggression without tolerance. Strength without compassion. Power without restraint."

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Source : D.J. MacHale (2009). “The Soldiers of Halla”, p.188, Simon and Schuster

D. J. MacHale

#Humility Quotes #Pride Quotes #Compassion Quotes

“You can't be sensitive, because you're going to get criticized. I don't care who you are, you're going to get criticized.”
“I hate Christmas, really. I don't really give presents away or expect any.”
“Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are gone but a declaration of our hopes for the future, and for the years I may, by God's Grace and Mercy, be given to reign and serve you as your Queen.”
“I want to say one word to the men who are present. I fear you think the 'new woman' is going to wipe you off the planet, but be not afraid. All who have mothers, sisters, wives or sweethearts will be very well looked after.”
“Give him threepence, since he must make a gain out of what he learns.”

Source : Euclid (1956). “The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements”, p.3, Courier Corporation
“The symbol of the lion, throughout history, throughout cultures, is one pure, radiant symbol and that is leadership, kingship”
“To a child who dies, and to the parents of this child, will you speak, if religion consoles them, in praise of atheism? That one does not mistake: that, to my mind, does not prove anything against atheism and much against religion. "The heart of a heartless world, said Marx, the soul of soulless conditions." It is misery that makes religion, and it is why this one is miserable. Who would prohibit opium to a dying man? And what are we, out of oblivion or entertainment, anything else but dying?”
“There has to be some kind of personal hygiene bar that a person needs to clear in order for a relationship to be successful.”

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