Quotes

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic. Robert A. Heinlein, writer, book quote from “Revolt in 2100”, p.53, Hachette UK

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“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” William Faulkner, writer, book quote from “Requiem for a Nun”, 1951

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“We grow a little every time we do not take advantage of somebody’s weakness.” Bernard Williams, English, philosopher

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This is a humbling time. Life as we knew it, as we assumed it would always be, is over for now and maybe forever. But it’s also a time to be creative. A time to show up with the best of humanity.

via Coronavirus pandemic showing us how truly connected we are — Marin Independent Journal

Hours go by faster with a good book in hand. The quarantine turns into an opportunity to rescue those wrinkled titles on our shelves, waiting for us for so long. Are some of those eternal novelons to whom we have never just given a chance, from ‘Don Quixote’ to ‘War and Peace’ or ‘Les Miserables’, […]

via Timeless novels to shorten quarantine — archyde

“Writing is not lying, nor is it theft. It is a journey and search for transparency between one’s words and one’s soul.” Richard Flanagan, Australian, writer

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Let us try for once not to be right. Tristan Tzara, Romanian, poet, playwright

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“If you do the right thing, eventually you will inspire others to do the right thing” Sri Chinmoy, “Opportunity and Self-Transcendence” by Sri Chinmoy, (p. 21), 1977.

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It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all. Edward de Bono, physician, author

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“the coronavirus … cannot be cowed by Twitter posts… overcome by party solidarity… overpowered by campaign rally chants.” Mr. Trump, who is at his strongest politically when he has a human enemy to attack, has seemed less certain of how to take on an invisible killer. The role of calming natural leader is not […]

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