"Never to despise in myself what I have been taught to despise. Nor to despise the other. Not to despise the it. To make this relation with the it: to know that I am it."

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Source : Muriel Rukeyser (1994). “Out of Silence: Selected Poems”, p.138, Northwestern University Press

Muriel Rukeyser

#Tolerance Quotes #Taught Quotes #Despise Quotes

“Wings are a constraint that makes it possible to fly.”

Source : Robert Bringhurst (2004). “Prosodies of Meaning: Literary Form in Native North America”, University of Manitoba Press
“People are never more insecure than when they become obsessed with their fears at the expense of their dreams.”
“It is the weight, not numbers of experiments that is to be regarded.”
“Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero'Snatch at today and trust as little as you can in tomorrow' - (Odes) Often translated as 'Seize the day'.”
“Human love is needing the other one. Divine love is giving to the other one.”
“Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth.”
“Society has put up so many boundaries, so many limitations on whatâ€™s right and wrong that itâ€™s almost impossible to get a pure thought out. Itâ€™s like a little kid, a little boy, looking at colors, and no one told him what colors are good, before somebody tells you you shouldnâ€™t like pink because thatâ€™s for girls, or youâ€™d instantly become a gay two-year-old. Why would anyone pick blue over pink? Pink is obviously a better color. Everyoneâ€™s born confident, and everythingâ€™s taken away from you”
“Possession means nothing when the opponent takes its chances”

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