"A human life is defined by its relationship with others: by its duty to its species. In the face of this duty, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are meaningless. What you call individual rights are merely the cultural fantasy of a failed civilization."

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Source : Matthew Woodring Stover (2008). “Blade of Tyshalle”, p.102, Del Rey

Matthew Woodring Stover

#Pursuit Of Happiness Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Rights Quotes

“You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.”

Source : FaceBook post by Deepak Chopra from Mar 17, 2011
“For me, singing sad songs often has a way of healing a situation. It gets the hurt out in the open into the light, out of the darkness.”
“These have always been my legs. I train harder than other guys, eat better, sleep better and wake up thinking about athletics. I think that's probably why I'm a bit of an exception.”
“We may either proceed from principles to facts, or recede from facts to principles”

Source : Henry Mayhew (1851). “London Labour and the London Poor: A Cyclopaedia of the Condition and Earnings of Those that Will Work, Those that Cannot Work, and Those that Will Not Work”, p.158
“Of course, it's hard to support full-time programmers, so we do get funds from a set of companies that are interested in the health of the Mozilla project and so are willing to support the people working for the Foundation as well.”
“I've always been driven by the concept of equal justice under the law, but only the rich can pay great sums of money for legal assistance and that puts them at an advantage over the poor.”
“Life is always a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope.”
“It's cool to be recognised by your peers.”

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