"Idlers do not make history: they suffer it!"

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Source : Peter Kropotkin (2012). “Anarchism: A Collection of Revolutionary Writings”, p.129, Courier Corporation

Peter Kropotkin

#Suffering Quotes #Idlers Quotes

“If there is one beast in all the loathsome fauna of civilization I hate and despise it is a man of the world.”

Source : Henry Arthur Jones (1925). “Representative Plays: Michael and his lost angel. The liars. Mrs. Dane's defence. The hypocrites”
“My top three personal best-dressed list: Lea Michele. I think she really knows how to dress. Blake Lively is great. And Rihanna. I really respect how bold and out-there she is.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Many have stood their ground and faced the darkness when it comes for them. Fewer come for the darkness and force it to face them.”

Source : "Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality". Harry Potter fan fiction by Eliezer Yudkowsky, www.hpmor.com. 2010 - 2015.
“Russia is not going to give up easily on Syria. They've had a relationship with that country since 1955. It's very close to them.”
“Forests are breaking out all over America. New England has more forests since the Civil War. In 1880, New York State was only 25 percent forested. Today it is more than 66 percent. In 1850, Vermont was only 35 percent forested. Now it's 76 percent forested and rising. In the south, more land is covered by forest than at any time in the last century. In 1936 a study found that 80 percent of piedmont Georgia was without trees. Today nearly 70 percent of the state is forested. In the last decade alone, America has added more than 10 million acres of forestland.”
“Suffer what there is to suffer, enjoy what there is to enjoy. Regard both suffering and joy as facts of life, and continue chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, no matter what happens. How could this be anything other than the boundless joy of the Law?”

Source : Nichiren (2003). “The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin”
“It's a great affirmation of the possibility of overcoming conflict through reason and good will.”
“Though what we accept be true, it is a prejudice unless we ourselves have considered and understood why and how it is true.”

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