"In the latter case life rests upon a thousand presuppositions which the individual can never trace back to their origins, and verify; but which he must accept upon faith and belief."

-- Georg Simmel

#Faith Quotes #Belief Quotes #Individual Quotes

“We should be treating, I think, the whole issue of climate change and global warming with a far greater degree of priority than I think is happening now.”

Source : "Prince's plea over climate change". news.bbc.co.uk. October 27, 2005.
“It was unexpected. That's just how it was. I don't believe they were faster than us. I don't believe they had more heart or dedication. It just fell on their side. That's the reality of it.”
“When I joined the UN War Crimes Tribunal, it was a realization of the dream of justice, that finally after Nuremberg, the UN is going to put the accused on trial again! And I still believe that accountability that eradicates impunity is very, very important for transforming the sordid culture of politics and power that we see in the world. But we need to be humble about the fact that justice will not bring back the dead.”
“The scum that rises upmost, when the nation boils.”
“Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.”
“I do not like the idea of happiness - it is too momentary - I would say that I was always busy and interested in something - interest has more meaning to me than the idea of happiness.”
“I don't really know why I'm not thinner than I am.”
“The tragedy wasn’t that Stanford White died, but that I lived.”

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