Despite the passage of time, I find much relevance to the present. If any of these quotes speak to you, or make you think, it is what I hoped for. In addition to the quotes you find here, you will find a few added to the Quotes page and I hope you will stop by. I often find inspiration upon ruminating on one quote or another… Choose a quote and take it out for a walk and see where it takes you. Who will pick up the gauntlet?
“When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.” Malala Yousafzai
“Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts, and politicians violently denounce the politicians of other countries.” – Margaret Sanger
“A free race cannot be born of slave mothers.” – Margaret Sanger
“Woman must have her freedom, the fundamental freedom of choosing whether or not she will become a mother and how many children she will have. Regardless of what man’s attitude may be, that problem is hers – and before it can be his, it is hers alone.” – Margaret Sanger
“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” – George Orwell
“The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history.” – George Orwell
“Nationalism is power hunger fuelled by self deception.” – George Orwell
“Sometimes the scandal is not law was broken, but what the law allows.” – Edward Snowdon
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” – Mark Twain
“Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.” – Mark Twain
“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer up somebody else.” – Mark Twain
“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” – William Shakespeare
“A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.” – William Shakespeare
“Hell is empty and all the devils are here.” – William Shakespeare
“How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.” – William Shakespeare
“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“Man becomes great in exactly the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow men.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“Power is two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent than one derived from fear of punishment.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“What we think, we become.” – Budda
“Three things cannot be long hidden: The sun, the moon and the truth.” – Budda
Bisous,
Léa
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