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"It is a tragicomic fact that our proper upbringing has become an ally of the secret police. (...) The 'Tell the truth!' imperative drummed into us so automatically that we feel ashamed of lying even to a secret policeman."
Milan Kundera
"Even a fool when he holdeth his peace is counted wise."
Bible
Inspiration
Qui plussait, plus se tait. French, you know. The more a man knows, the less he talks.
Madeleine L'Engle
"Doing goodness is good only when you don’t expect anything in return; not a medal, not even a simple thanking!"
Mehmet Murat ildan
"It seemed there was always a close correlation between true believers and high body counts."
Dan Brown
Inspiration
I've come to learn, and to establish mine in that same place I come from. Staying in my school place makes me always a student.
sol michael
"If each of us were to confess his most secret desire the one that inspires all his plans all his actions he would say: 'I want to be praised.'."
Emil M. Cioran
"I jealously guard my research time and I love fully immersing myself in those dusty old books and papers. It's one of the most enjoyable parts of my job."
Sara Sheridan
"As long as we do violence to other animals, we’ll keep on doing violence to ourselves."
Paul Russell
"Three essential virtues are patient, loyalty and kindness."
Lailah Gifty Akita
Inspiration
Individuality or Unity? I say there's room for both.
Brian Celio
Inspiration
Never spit in a lion's face when you've got your hand in his mouth.
A.G. Gaston
Inspiration
We came to save the sacred writings. - Essenes to Eleazar, on collecting the Dead Sea Scrolls from the burning Temple. Jerusalem, 70 CE.
Joseph Shellim
"All you really need to know for the moment is that the universe is a lot more complicated than you might think, even if you start from a position of thinking it's pretty damn complicated in the first place."
Douglas Adams
Inspiration
Lecturing Brooks was as useful as lecturing a cat.
Maureen Johnson
"Curiosity lights a fire."
wisdom illuminates it.
"Interviewer: 'What's the best thing you've learned on Idol?'Dalton Rapattoni: 'Double-tie your shoelaces."
Dalton Rapattoni
Inspiration
Gifts are hooks.
Martial
Inspiration
The best translations cannot convey to us the strength and exquisite delicacy of thought in its native garb, and he to whom such books are shut flounders about in outer darkness.
Edwin Booth
"The insinuation that without a female president women cannot pursue and achieve their dreams is not only false but recalls the ever-condenscending liberal attitude towards women: 'We know what women want, even if they do not."