"Iranian women are very consciously aware of gender-explicit oppression. Therefore: with so much more at stake, Iranian women have each other's back: on the street, in stores, at celebrations, everywhere."

-- Inga Muscio

#Celebration Quotes #Oppression Quotes #Gender Quotes

“We stand before a burning bush whenever other human beings share with us something of their relationship with God or something of the movements of their hearts. In such moments may we always realize that we stand on holy ground”

Source : Margaret Silf (2010). “2011: A Book of Grace-Filled Days”, p.228, Loyola Press
“Itâ€™s important not to be embarrassed by your past. The contradictions are part of what we are.”
“I was born with the courage to live. Only those are unwise who have never dared to be fools.”

Source : Elsie De Wolfe (1935). “After all”
“The Chinese view the state, not just as an intimate member of the family ... but as the head of the family.”
“Beware of finding what you're looking for. A favorite aphorism he often used.”
“My opponent is my teacher, my ego is my enemy.”
“The majority of Arab people would side with Russia and China, not with the West. And they'd throw their 'elites' groomed in and by the West, straight out the window.”
“The thing about religion is that it's the first and the worst. The worst because it's the first.”

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