291617 Quotes & Sayings

A principle is a principle and in no case can it be watered down because of our incapacity to live it in practice. We have to strive to achieve it, and the striving should be conscious, deliberate and hard. — Mahatma Gandhi

It's a fundamental misunderstanding of human nature and of the concepts of liberty, freedom, and self-determination. It's a fundamental misunderstanding of economics. He (Obama) believes that the pie is fixed and that he needs to more equitably divide up the slices. — Paul Ryan

The true ground of most men's prejudice against the Christian doctrine is because they have no mind to obey it. — John Tillotson

Ignoring moralities is always undesirable, but doing so systematically is reallyworrisome. — Mohammad Khatami

You can learn a little bit from everybody, so you should be able to work a bit with everybody. — Brad Wenstrup

The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing. — Isaiah Berlin

Children's books do not exist in a vacuum, unrelated to literature as a whole. They are a portion of universal literature and must be subjected to the same standards of criticism as any other form of literature. — Lillian H. Smith

The worst illiterate is the political illiterate, he doesn't hear, doesn't speak, nor participates in the political events. He doesn't know the cost of life, the price of the bean, of the fish, of the flour, of the rent, of the shoes and of the medicine, all depends on political decisions. The political illiterate is so stupid that he is proud and swells his chest saying that he hates politics. The imbecile doesn't know that, from his political ignorance is born the prostitute, the abandoned child, and the worst thieves of all, the bad politician, corrupted and flunky of the national and multinational companies. — Bertolt Brecht