"To minimize suffering and to maximize security were natural and proper ends of society and Caesar. But then they became the only ends, somehow, and the only basis of lawâ€”a perversion. Inevitably, then, in seeking only them, we found only their opposites: maximum suffering and minimum security."

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Source : "A Canticle for Leibowitz". Book by Walter M. Miller, Jr., 1960.

Walter M. Miller, Jr.

#Law Quotes #Opposites Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“...to make the world safe for democracy.”
“I just feel like the world is our oyster. I grew up knowing that my mother is a journalist and was one of the first bureau chiefs I think ever at the New York Times. Hearing these stories of how hard it was for her, and yet knowing how easy it is for me right now is just remarkable.”
“I don't believe there's anything cosmic or divine or morally superior about whales and dolphins or sharks or trees, but I do think that everything that lives is holy and somehow integrated; and on cloudy days I suspect that these extraordinary phenomena, and the hundreds of tiny, modest versions no one hears about, are an ocean, an earth, a Creator, something shaking us by the collar, demanding our attention, our fear, our vigilance, our respect, our help.”

Source : Tim Winton (2012). “Land's Edge: A Coastal Memoir”, p.36, Penguin UK
“If you loved people, you might hurt them, dissapoint them, anger them, but you never, ever, dishonored them.”
“The average human's fundamental project is to find someone else to blame for their problems.”
“There's a stereotype that to be a strong black woman is to be strong about being black.”
“It's a considerable source of tragedy in the world that people stay in powerful jobs long past the point where they're a spent force.”

Source : Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. June 8, 2011.
“...it's the same with business. If you focus on the goal and not the process, you inevitably compromise. Businessmen who focus on profits wind up in the hole. For me, profit is what happens when you do everything else right.”

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