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“Gentle Jesus, meek and mild, Look upon a little child; Pity my simplicity, Suffer me to come to thee.”
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“I believe you have to nurture your conscience.”
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“There must always be a remedy for wrong and injustice if we only know how to find it.”
Source : Ida B. Wells (2013). “Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells”, p.275, University of Chicago Press
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“It is imperative when flying coach that you restrain any tendency toward the vividly imaginative. For although it may momentarily appear to be the case, it is not at all likely that the cabin is entirely inhabited by crying babies smoking inexpensive domestic cigars.”
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“Never define people or situations in terms of their effect on you, unless you want to give them the power to make you feel that way.”
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“Being on a movie set is like one long financial crisis.”
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“The reports of the eclipse parties not only described the scientific observations in great detail, but also the travels and experiences, and were sometimes marked by a piquancy not common in official documents.”
Source : Simon Newcomb (1903). “The reminiscences of an astronomer”, Harper and Brothers
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“I have freedom. But freedom means total selfishness. It means nobody cares much what you do.”
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“Knowledge can bring many things..but the consciousness of the heart brings love, and love brings everything”
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“The woman was silent, her eyes on the floor. Shimamura had come to a point where he knew he was only parading his masculine shamelessness, and yet it seemed likely enough that the woman was familiar with the failing and need not be shocked by it. He looked at her. Perhaps it was the rich lashes of the downcast eyes that made her face seem warm and sensuous. She shook her head very slightly, and again a faint blush spread over her face.”
Source : Yasunari Kawabata (2013). “Snow Country”, p.21, Vintage
