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“I love it when the Bible gives Emily Post-like tips that are both wise and easy to follow.”
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“There is a certain indolence in us, a wish not to be disturbed, which tempts us to think that when things are quiet, all is well. Subconsciously, we tend to give the preference to 'social peace,' though it be only apparent, because our lives and possessions seem then secure. Actually, human beings acquiesce too easily in evil conditions; they rebel far too little and too seldom. There is nothing noble about acquiescence in a cramped life or mere submission to superior force.”
Source : "The Essays of A. J. Muste (Pacifism and Class War)". Book edited by Nat Hentoff, 1967.
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“Conformity may give you a quiet life; it may even bring you to a University Chair. But all change in history, all advance, comes from the nonconformists. If there had been no trouble-makers, no Dissenters, we should still be living in caves.”
Source : "The Trouble Makers: Dissent over Foreign Policy, 1792-1939". Book by A. J. P. Taylor, "The Radical Tradition: Fox, Paine, and Cobbett", p. 14, 1957.
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“Well, fancy giving money to the Government! Might as well have put it down the drain.”
Source : 1931 'Too Much!'.
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“Sorrow is only one of the lower notes in the oratorio of our blessedness.”
Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 555), 1895.
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“Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey. But, sorrow is at least an arriving.”
Source : Alan Paton (2003). “Cry, the Beloved Country”, p.98, Simon and Schuster
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“Above all things let us never forget that mankind constitutes one great brotherhood; all born to encounter suffering and sorrow, and therefore bound to sympathize with each other.”
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“You have to know your own truth and stick to it. And never despair. Never give up. There's always hope.”
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“I am alive again, now that I can no longer stand to live.”
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“I suppose I'm interested in sorrow, which is very different from depression or despair. Sorrow is continuous with the world; it allows for creativity.”
