Discendere Quotes & Sayings

Be your own without following others. Bring forth what you think and let others know — Sadashivan Nair

When you lift up others, you rise up together. — Debasish Mridha

When a mad man walks naked, it is his kinsmen who feel shame, not himself. — Chinua Achebe

And after a time, I stopped struggling even internally against the prescribed quietness. — Paula McLain

Condemn no man for not thinking as you think. Let every one enjoy the full and free liberty of thinking for himself. Let every man use his own judgment, since every man must give an account of himself to God. Abhor every approach, in any kind or degree, to the spirit of persecution, if you cannot reason nor persuade a man into the truth, never attempt to force a man into it. If love will not compel him to come, leave him to God, the judge of all. — John Wesley

There is no possible line of conduct which has at some time and place been condemned, and which has not at some other time and place been enjoined as a duty. — William Edward Hartpole Lecky

I was sort of born into a Subud cult that has ties to Islam and Indonesia and Middle Eastern spiritualism. My parents were kind of trial-and-error when it came to religion. — Sufjan Stevens

I hate war, and I hate having to struggle. I honestly do because I wish I had been born into a world where it was unnecessary. This context of struggle and being a warrior and being a struggler has been forced on me by oppression. Otherwise I would be a sculptor, or a gardener, carpenter - You know, I would be free to be so much more ... I guess part of me or a part of who I am, a part of what I do is being a warrior - a reluctant warrior, a reluctant struggler. But I do it, because I'm committed to life. — Assata Shakur