Beingness Levenson Quotes & Sayings

Who are the oppressors? The few: the King, the capitalist, and a handful of other overseers and superintendents. Who are the oppressed? The many: the nations of the earth; the valuable personages; the workers; they that make the bread that the soft-handed and idle eat. — Mark Twain

Why did you leave? Am I not good enough? Where did you go? When did it happen? ..Who are you? — Ade Santi

He was flooded with power - power like pain. When it rises beyond any possible point of pleasure - like victory. Like defeat, like hopelessness and hope. And he stayed there, for an eternity, balanced between all and nothing.
Like love when love is too much to bear.' - The Red Knight — Miles Cameron

That is the whole secret of successful fighting. Get your enemy at a disadvantage; and never, on any account, fight him on equal terms. — George Bernard Shaw

And after you register your own company, you must find a white man. Find one of your white friends in England. Tell everybody he is your General Manager. You will see how doors will open for you because you have an oyinbo General Manager. Even Chief has some white men that he brings in for show when he needs them. That is how Nigeria works. I'm telling you. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

We have not only to be witnesses and pleaders, but we have also to be examples ... If a man's life at home is unworthy, he should go several miles away before he stands up to preach, and then, when he stands up, he should say nothing. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

There are two kinds of world: the one we dream about and the real one. — Paulo Coelho

Nowhere is ageism more sexist, and vicious, than in the domain of sexuality. — Ashton Applewhite

Light will blind us in time, but what we learn in the dark can see us through. — Gregory Maguire

Part of the appeal of the fantastic is taking ridiculous ideas very seriously and pretending they're not absurd. — China Mieville

You don't have to be the greatest gardener in the world to make a difference--You just need a gnome. — Donna Hamill