"The gain isn't counted to the recluse and inactive that, having nothing to measure themselves by and never being tested by failure, they simmer and soak perpetually in conscious complacency."

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Source : Alice James (1934). “Her Brothers Her Journal”

Alice James

#Complacency Quotes #Gains Quotes #Conscious Quotes

“I think it is quite untrue that it is standard journalistic practice to name the interviewer when quoting from an interview.”
“When I was growing up, I would go hang out with older guys at night in blues clubs.”

Source : "Jenny Hval's Soft Dick Rock". Interview with Jenn Pelly, pitchfork.com. June 15, 2015.
“If we would vote in mass on the more promising ticket, or, if the two are equally bad, would throw out the party that is in, and wait till the next election and then throw out the other party that is in - then, I say, the commercial politician would feel a demand for good government and he would supply it.”

Source : Lincoln Steffens (2012). “The Shame of the Cities”, p.6, Courier Corporation
“Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them.”
“What I have learned from studying counterfactual history is that the law of unintended consequences always kicks in no matter how secure you are in your plan. We have to live with the historical record as it is, like it or not.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“Fear is a tyrant and a despot, more terrible than the rack, more potent than the snake.”
“I just want to say, that if Jesus were alive, what would he be doing? Well, he would probably be accepting and loving people how they're made. And I always say this and it's really the truth. If being 4'11 was a sin, what would I do? Well, I could wear heels and I could add a wig.”
“Better to be a beggar in freedom than to be forced into compromises against my conscience.”

Source : Dietrich von Hildebrand, John Henry Crosby (2014). “My Battle Against Hitler: Defiance in the Shadow of the Third Reich”, p.12, Image

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