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Sunday, October 31, 2010

Too late...

“Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words: Too late.” - Martin Luther King Jr. Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, October 18, 2010

Keep your chin up and...

‎"Keep your chin up and you will see the clouds in the sky.Keep your chin down and all you will see is the dirt on thefloor." Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, September 24, 2010

Do not fear. Freedom is at hand...

Tomorrow I will spill my blood for those who remain behind. The struggle must go on. Nobody must fear it - South African poet Benjamin Moloise on the eve of his hanging. Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Before you embark on revenge...

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. - Confucius Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

A little knowledge that acts...

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle. - Kahlil Gibran Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Freedom is...

“Freedom is not given, it is taken'” --- Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Between reasonings of man and sentiment of women...

All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women - Voltaire Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, July 19, 2010

And now an interesting quote on Straightforwardness (after my penname!)

T he price we pay for the complexity of life is too high. When you think of all the effort you have to put in /telephonic, technological and relational /to alter even the slightest bit of behavior in this strange world we call social life, you are left pining for the straightforwardness of primitive... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, July 5, 2010

Going through life like an actor...

Many of us go through life feeling as an actor might feel who does not like his part, and does not believe in the play. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960 Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, June 14, 2010

Not being known doesn't stop...

“Not being known doesn't stop the truth from being true.” Richard Bach Sign in to see full entry.

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