I love quotations. Like a Japanese haiku poem, they can instill deep reflection and an altered way of looking at the world ( and at oneself as well ). In few words, the vastness of Life becomes apparent. Or, to quote a famous Dharma saying," One drop reveals the ocean"...
Here are a few of my favorites:
George Orwell
Circus dogs jump when the trainer cracks his whip, but the really well-trained dog is the one that turns his somersault when there is no whip.
Aristotle
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Gandhi
Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.
Voltaire
As long as people believe in absurdities, they will continue to commit atrocities.
As long as people believe in absurdities, they will continue to commit atrocities.
Sami Abdul-Rahman
Conquerors always call themselves liberators.
Conquerors always call themselves liberators.
Louis Brandeis
The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning, but without understanding.
The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning, but without understanding.
Albert Camus
There are causes worth dying for, but none worth killing for.
There are causes worth dying for, but none worth killing for.
Albert Einstein
"It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder."
Ruben Feldman Gonzalez
The only way to end all wars is the inner peace of each one of us.
Richard Feynman
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool.
Michael Franti
"You can bomb the world into pieces, but you can't bomb it into peace."
Thucydides, Greek historian
The strong do as they please; the weak accept what they must.
Martin Luther King
I never intend to adjust myself to the madness of militarism
I never intend to adjust myself to the madness of militarism
Martin Luther King Jr.
Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrows.
James Russell Lowell
He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress, the highest lesson of statecraft.
He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress, the highest lesson of statecraft.
George Orwell
"In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act"
"In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act"
Bertrand Russell
Many people would sooner die than think; In fact, they do so.
Robert Louis Stevenson
The cruelest lies are often told in silence.
The Ramayana
Three things are real: God, human folly, and laughter. Since the first two are beyond our comprehension, we must do what we can with the third.
Bertrand Russell
A good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge
Bertrand Russell
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.
Albert Schweitzer
Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.
Peter tosh
"Live for yourself you will live in vain Live for others and you will live again"
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