Elicitory Quotes & Sayings

A mind at peace does not engender wars. — Sophocles

This is what art can do in our time. Unite people, and give them hope. — Hany Abu-Assad

At times life orchestrates a very efficent, yet rather painful, modality to allow us to release grievances and judgements towards some people. It consists in slowly setting the stage for us to be in the same circumstances, which eventually lead us to behave exactly like those people.
Each time we express hard judgments regarding what is wrong with others, a complex and long series of events is activated till we reach the moment when we can see our own finger pointing against us.
There is also another way, the most efficent and painless, which does not require any complexity and long orchestration, for it simply takes place in the present. It consists in abstaining right from the beginning from any judgement towards others. — Franco Santoro

Don't get dead, Raphael, or I swear I'll hunt you down in the afterlife. — Nalini Singh

All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it. — Thomas A Kempis

Government has no business intervening in any consensual private behavior. — Camille Paglia

I will try to make our politics more human. — Andrej Kiska

It's my choice now, no matter what the test says. Abnegation. Dauntless. Erudite. Divergent. — Veronica Roth

Good government never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities of those who govern. The machinery of government is always subordinate to the will of those who administer that machinery. The most important element of government, therefore, is the method of choosing leaders. - LAW AND GOVERNANCE THE SPACING GUILD MANUAL W — Frank Herbert

I see you're a man with ideals. I better be going before you've still got them. — Mae West

Hear me out. Would you eat a hamburger if there was any chance it could punch you in the face?
- How is a hamburger supposed to punch me in the face?
Just say that it can. Would you bother? Or would you eat something else? — Claudia Gray