"... in a cycle as old as tribalism, ignorance of the Other engenders fear; fear engenders hatred; hatred engenders violence; violence engenders further violence until the only "rights", the only law, are whatever is willed by the most powerful."

-- David Mitchell

#Powerful Quotes #Fear Quotes #Ignorance Quotes

“Ghosts were just a way that some stupid people dealt with their dull lives.”
“Even as the church must fear Christ Jesus, so must the wives also fear their husbands. And this inward fear must be shewed by an outward meekness and lowliness in her speeches and carriage to her husband....For if there be not fear and reverence in the inferior, there can be no sound nor constant honor yielded to the superior.”
“Why one picture stands out among many others is always a mystery. In the beginning the subject is never quite known, but in the course of working something shows up on the film or in the print that speaks to me. I can never predict when this will happen. However, when it does there is an excitement - there is the ecstasy of recognition. And this is one of the things that keeps me going.”
“It's easy at times to win golf tournaments and shoot 59, and sometimes it's hard to post an 85.”
“A nation' s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.”

Source : Indira Gandhi (1984). “Indira Gandhiʾs Legacy to the Indian Nation: Economic Development and the Public Sector”
“The philosophy of love and peace strangely overlooked who was in possession of the guns. There had been love and peace for some time on the continent of Africa because for all this time black men had been captivated by the doctrines of Christianity. It took them centuries to realize its contradictions. ... perhaps there was no greater crime as yet than all the lies Western civilization had told in the name of Jesus Christ.”
“I don’t have time to worry about the things that could happen. I am too busy thinking of all the happy things that have happened.”
“Some people say Iâ€™m a dreamer, others say, 'If you fall asleep at work again weâ€™re going to have to let you go'.”

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