quotes about Amnesty International

last updated: November 28, 2023

Those who today still feel a sense of impotence can do something: they can support Amnesty International. They can help it to stand up for freedom and justice.
-- Peter Benenson

Source : The Amnesty International Report, p. 22, 2002.

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“It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.”
“How often must I repeat, that I know or am conscious of my own being; and that I myself am not my ideas, but somewhat else, a thinking, active principle that perceives, knows, wills, and operates about ideas?”
“In the future, everybody is going to be a director. Somebody's got to live a real life so we have something to make a movie about.”
“The path of compassion leads to the development of insight. But it doesn't work to say, "Ready, set, go! Be compassionate!" Beginning any practice depends on intention. Intention depends on intuiting-at least a little bit-the suffering inherent in the human condition and the pain we feel, and cause, when we act out of confusion. It also depends on trusting-at least a little bit-in the possibility of a contented, satisfied mind.”
“I have always believed that all things depended upon Fortune, and nothing upon ourselves.”
“Also a good director and good dialogue. That's very important because you're bringing the words to life. So it's very important for an actor to have good dialogue.”

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“I don't approve of people who watch television, but I am one of them.”
“I love to bring a bowl or basket filled with clementines that can be used as an easy centerpiece and enjoyed after the party.”
“What I mean is that those thoughts, they're human. And just because you turn out differently than everyone's imagined you would doesn't mean that you've failed in some way. A kid who gets teased in one school might move to a different one, and be the most popular girl there, just because no one has any other expectations of her. Or a person who goes to med school because his entire family is full of doctors might find out that what he really wants to be is an artist instead.”
“I wanted to be a cattle rancher when I was young, because it was what I knew and I loved it.”