137 quotes found
“In his book The African Slave Trade, Basil Davidson contrasts law and in the Congo in the early 16th century with law in Portugal and England. In those European countries, where the idea of private...”
“Our mind is a garden, our thoughts are the seeds. We can grow flowers or we can grow weeds. Don't forget to water it!”
“If you believe you can, you can; if you believe you can't, you can't.”
“Who am I?" she snaps. "I am America, Israel, England! What am I doing?" She waits another long moment, her eyes shining. "I'm shutting up and listening." She draws the last word out so it hisses th...”
“Each year comes with its own memories! Memories that make us ponder! Memories that shake our nerves and thought to think about things we did, things we could have done, things we should have done, ...”
“Examine what is said, not him who speaks”
“Don't work for money, work to learn”
“We say that the world is made of sea and land, as though they were equal; but we know that there is more sea in the Western than in the Eastern hemisphere. We say that the firmament is full of star...”
“A mind without a secret is with a question mark! A mind with so many secrets shall attract an exclamation one day!”
“I learnt that popular opinion is not necessarily the right opinion.”
“The tongue never rests. It speaks even when we sleep. It speaks through the mind even when the mouth keeps shut”
“I was a ghost on a ghost ship in a ghost land”
“The truth is this: People that give you focus, energy and anger do care. If you were nothing then you wouldn't be able to affect them. Behind every over reaction was first the thought that your opi...”
“real silence is silence without words, silence that speaks words in silence and silence that talks better than words”
“Sadly for you, I think I'm going to live, Simi. You can stop slapping me now. I've already lost enough sense. Can't afford to lose any more brain cells. I really really need my last three before I ...”
“How little we know of what there is to know.”
“Greed and our food supply. It is greed that compels dairymen to skim every bit of goodness from milk to make other products and then to fill the swill left with chalk and sell it at profit. Greed t...”
“Why does that obstinate little voice in our heads torment us so?' he said, looking round the table. 'Could it be because it reminds us that we are alive, of our mortality, of our individual souls -...”
“It will surprise you. It will keep you mute. it will make you ponder. It will ignite your passion. It will dumb fold you. It will invoke your joy. It will kick your pain away. It will shake your en...”
“An anti-hero is just a villain you spend a lot of time with.”
