"Europe, I have lived in your future, and I did not like it..."

-- Vladimir Bukovsky

#Europe Quotes #Liberty Quotes #Your Future Quotes

“When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become.”
“I would like to sing someone to sleep, to sit beside someone and be there. I would like to rock you and sing softly and go with you to and from sleep. I would like to be the one in the house who knew: The night was cold. And I would like to listen in and listen out into you, into the world, into the woods. The clocks shout to one another striking, and one sees to the bottom of time. And down below one last, strange man walks by and rouses a strange dog. And after that comes silence. I have laid my eyes upon you wide; and they hold you gently and let you go when something stirs in the dark.”
“The world is the same everywhere.”
“We're teachers, and we have a commitment." "Commitment to what-to live and die in this hellhole, when we can leave and live like other people?”
“It is not my wish to lounge about the college and fatten on a fellowship all my days. I am always trying to look upon a college life as a medium not an end.”
“No matter how noble the objectives of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion; it is an evil government.”

Source : Eric Hoffer (1996). “The Passionate State of Mind”
“He who loves the coming of the Lord is not he who affirms that it is far off, nor is it he who says it is near, but rather he who, whether it be far off or near, awaits it with sincere faith, steadfast hope, and fervent love.”
“While many applauded Oprah for opening her heart to young girls in South Africa, some criticized her for not investing in the youth of America.”

Source : "No Oprah in the Billionaire Club" by Kitty Kelley, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 6, 2010.

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