"We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior."

-- Friedrich Durrenmatt

#Behavior Quotes #Civilized Quotes #Nationalism Quotes

“I suffer from two phobias: 1) Phobia-Phobia, the fear that you're unable to get scared, and 2) Xylophataquieopiaphobia, the fear of not pronouncing words correctly.”
“I really want to come back! I definitely want to come back. Some of my fondest memories are in New Zealand.”
“The difficult child is the child who is unhappy. He is at war with himself; and in consequence, he is at war with the world.”

Source : Alexander Sutherland Neill (1969). “Summerhill: a radical appoach to education”
“My 'third leg' is longer than my two other legs and that's why I wear such big baggy pants.”
“I asked Agamemnon plainly about Iphigenia; he wept. Not as one cries out of pain, but out of fear. Out of weakness.”
“Only as one is willing to give up his present limitations and identity can he become that which he desires to be.”
“Between the desire And the spasm, Between the potency And the existence, Between the essence And the descent, Falls the Shadow.”
“I think that's what the war photography did for me. It showed me the human side of people and how certain circumstances can change people's lives.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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