"Peace is freedom in tranquility."

-- Marcus Tullius Cicero

#Peace Quotes #Tranquility Quotes

“If you're willing to put yourself and your dreams on the line, at the very least you'll discover an inner strength you may not have known existed.”
“There is nothing wrong with underlining personal agency, but there is something unfair about using personal responsibility as a basis for assigning blame while simultaneously denying those who are being blamed the opportunity to exert agency in their lives”

Source : Paul Farmer (2001). “Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues”, p.84, Univ of California Press
“Our unconscious is not more animal than our conscious, it is often even more human”
“Don't fear the terrorists. They're mothers and fathers.”
“That's one of the great things about acting - you get to pretend you're somebody else, which is great if you get bored with yourself.”
“I knew that if I was captured by the Germans I would be shot at once, since I have always been counted as an enemy of Germany because of my play, Le Bourgmestre de Stillemonde, which dealt with the conditions in Belgium during the German Occupation of 1918.”
“I was a scapegoat. The media had to put responsibility on somebody, and I was chosen. They felt free to say that because someone was thin they were anorexic, which is ridiculous.”
“We suffer each other to have each other a while.”

Source : Li-Young Lee (1990). “The City in which I Love You: Poems”, p.68, BOA Editions, Ltd.

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