"I am not a political person. My involvement in the Free Speech Movement is religious and moral... I don't know what made me get up and give that first speech. I only know I had to. What was it Kierkegaard said about free acts? They're the ones that, looking back, you realize you couldn't help doing."

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Source : "The University Has Become a Factory". Interview with Jack Fincher, Life magazine, February 26, 1965.

Mario Savio

#Religious Quotes #Giving Quotes #Political Quotes

“You really should do some research for a change instead of just listening to the voices in your head.”

Source : John Ringo (2013). “There Will be Dragons, Second Edition”, p.15, Baen Publishing Enterprises
“There are going to be situations where people are going to go without assistance. That's just the facts of life.”
“My philosophy has always remained the same, it's about creating calm balanced environments based on Eastern cultures, ie order and creation of harmony. How people feel in a space is as important as the way it looks, one can't be without the other to succeed.”
“The world is as good as you are. You've got to learn to like yourself first.”
“Life is a wretched gray Saturday, but it has to be lived through.”
“I think the world has changed dramatically since September 11th. It should force us to recognize that we are going to have to defend the free institutions of our society against those who are simply not willing to belong to a civil order.”
“Do not be troubled if you do not immediately receive from God what you ask Him; for He desires to do something even greater for you, while you cling to Him in prayer.”
“What do you want from me? Fine writing? Or do you want to see the sales curve stop moving down and start moving up?”

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