"There are few things more disturbing than to find, in somebody we detest, a moral quality which seems to us demonstrably superior to anything we ourselves possess. It augurs not merely an unfairness on the part of creation, but a lack of artistic judgment. Sainthood is acceptable only in saints."

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Source : Pamela Hansford Johnson (2012). “Night and Silence, Who is Here?”, p.116, Pan Macmillan

Pamela Hansford Johnson

#Quality Quotes #Saint Quotes #Moral Quotes

“A lot of politics plays at the level of myth, and if you understand that, then you feel like you have access to the secret language of politics.”
“I created the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation back in 1997 for the purpose of going in and improving the living conditions of my people on the African continent, especially in the Democratic Republic of Congo where I came from. Out first mission was to go and build a new hospital. Our next mission was to build a school.”
“Unfortunately most accidents are preventable. Planes don't fall out of the sky unless something is wrong.”

Source : "FAA inspector: White House didn't force her out". www.cnn.com. July 9, 1996.
“You need to enjoy yourself and just get into the routine of keeping fit and enjoying being active. That's always easier once you've made friends in the sport.”

Source : Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“What does a mirror look at?”
“The people themselves, and only the people, determine the rhythm of our fight.”
“In spite of our poverty and our economic dependence, we do not have to give in, neither because we are sometimes abandoned nor because of the wish of some nations to impose their economic or political models.”
“I mean that the time where we need International agreement more than ever on the environment and the rest, poverty we are breaking up our International Institutions and the rule of law and Tony Blair is part of it.”

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