from New York Times' "- QUOTATION OF THE DAY -" and
from Motivational Quotes of the Day in The Quotations Page
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"I used to see politics as something bad. It's what caused our problems and made me a refugee for so long. But now I want to have a seat at the table." - ATHANASIE GAHONDOGO, a member of Rwanda's Parliament, which has the highest percentage of women of any parliamentary body.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty. - Mahatma Gandhi:: Indian ascetic & nationalist leader (1869 - 1948)
I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right. - Cato the Elder:: Roman orator & politician (234 BC - 149 BC)
The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists in the circulation of their blood. - Logan Pearsall Smith, Afterthoughts (1931) 'Age and Death' (1865 - 1946)
America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair. - Arnold Toynbee:: English historian & historical philosopher (1889 - 1975)
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others. - Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary:: US author & satirist (1842 - 1914)
"They don't get hungry. They're not afraid. They don't forget their orders. They don't care if the guy next to them has just been shot." - GORDON JOHNSON, of the Pentagon's Joint Forces Command, on robot soldiers.
"We cannot say it was a mistake, but any war will have an end. And what is the end? To sit around the table and talk." - MAHMOUD ABBAS, the Palestinian leader, on the armed intifada against Israel.
For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation. - Rainer Maria Rilke:: German lyric poet (1875 - 1926)
Maybe the greatest challenge now is to find a way to keep independence while also committing ourselves to the ties that bind people, families, and ultimately societies together. - Jane O'Reilly
"People are running around like headless chickens saying, 'Where are we going to find people?'" - JOHN MACK, on a rash of openings for principal oboists in American orchestras.
"We will take care of the child. It is very difficult to love a janjaweed, but we will try to accept him as our own." - MOHAMMAD, whose sister Ashta gave birth after being raped by a janjaweed militia fighter in Darfur, Sudan.
The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone. - George Eliot:: English novelist (1819 - 1880)
In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in an clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.
- Mahatma Gandhi:: Indian ascetic & nationalist leader (1869 - 1948)
Speak what you think today in hard words and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today.
- "Self-Reliance", 1841:: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882).
