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inspirational writing women inspiration africa kenya philosophy politics war african-literature truth liar point-of-view inspirational-quotes african-authors colonialism present present-moment gratitude classics historical-fiction Guy de Maupassant The Complete Short Stories Vol. 2 of 3 thinking thought life-lessons living-in-the-present living-life-to-the-fullest living-your-best-life motivational-quotes

“She looked at ways to quantify life. Analytic in nature, her head almost always overruled her heart. Love it? Hate it? She wanted to KNOW it.”
— Gregg Olsen, Envy
quantify understand

“Facts in books statistics in encyclopedias the ability to use them in men's heads.”
— Fogg Brackell
thinking thought

“The condition of women in a nation is the real measure of its progress.”
— Ngg wa Thiongo, Wizard of the Crow
rights women

“If only these walls could talk…the world would know just how hard it is to tell the truth in a story in which everyone’s a liar.”
— Gregg Olsen, Envy
liar writing

“According to Kant’s late work on the Principles of Politics (1793), the irreducible problem of the human species is the following: the human being is an animal and thus, to live peacefully with oth...”
— Gregg Lambert, Philosophy After Friendship: Deleuze's Conceptual Personae
philosophy politics war

“Patriotism is a kind of religion”
— it is the egg from which wars are hat
Guy de Maupassant The Complete Short Stories Vol. 2 of 3

“Facts in books statistics in encyclopedias the ability to use them in men's heads.”
— Fogg Brackell
thinking thought