"Now people all across America are starting to believe in America again. We are coming back, back to the heights of greatness, back to America's proud role as a temple of justice and a champion of peace."

-- Theodore C. Sorensen

#Peace Quotes #Believe Quotes #Greatness Quotes

“Could I tell them I was sorry their loved one was dead, when heâ€™d tried to kill me? There was no rule of etiquette for this; even my grandmother would have been stymied.”
“As an early adopter of the internet, I've changed as the internet has changed, and I regret a lot of the things that I used to believe or used to do.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“Books are for nothing but to inspire”
“It cannot for a moment be doubted that an art work to be alive, to awaken us to its life, to inspire us sooner or later with its purpose, must indeed be animate with a soul, must have been breathed upon by the spirit and must breathe in turn that spirit.”

Source : Louis Sullivan, Robert Twombly (1988). “The Public Papers”, p.92, University of Chicago Press
“As reason is a rebel to faith, so passion is a rebel to reason.”
“I only get involved with roles that I find intriguing, in top quality productions regardless of the medium. I try not to focus on the format itself and concentrate instead, on finding roles that challenge and entertain me as an artist.”
“We live in imaginary, virtual worlds created by corporations that profit from our deception.”

Source : Chris Hedges (2014). “Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle”, p.52, Nation Books
“There are three ways in which a ruler can bring misfortune on his army: By commanding the army to advance or to retreat, being ignorant of the fact that it cannot obey. This is called hobbling the army. By attempting to govern an army in the same way as he administers a kingdom, being ignorant of the conditions which obtain in an army. This causes restlessness in the soldier's minds. By employing the officers of his army without discrimination, through ignorance of the military principle of adaptation to circumstances. This shakes the confidence of the soldiers.”

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