Enobytes Quotes & Sayings

Acknowledge all man as fellow creation, but don't follow him. — Patti Smith

We are wont to condemn self-love; but what we really mean to condemn is contrary to self-love. It is that mixture of selfishness and self-hate that permanently pursues us, that prevents us from loving others, and that prohibits us from losing ourselves. — Paul Valery

The problem with martyrs is that they're all dead — Rosamund Hodge

Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing. — Ambrose Bierce

It was by Anandamayi Ma: Be anchored in fearlessness. What is worldly life but fear! — Carrie Jones

The grateful applause of the clergy has consecrated the memory of a prince, who indulged their passions and promoted their interest. Constantine gave them security, wealth, honours, and revenge; and the support of the orthodox faith was considered as the most sacred and important duty of the civil magistrate. The edict of Milan, the great charter of toleration, had confirmed to each individual of the Roman world the privilege of choosing and professing his own religion. — Edward Gibbon

Men, this stuff that some sources sling around about America wanting out of this war, not wanting to fight, is a crock of bullshit. Americans love to fight, traditionally. All real Americans love the sting and clash of battle. You are here today for three reasons. First, because you are here to defend your homes and your loved ones. Second, you are here for your own self respect, because you would not want to be anywhere else. Third, you are here because you are real men and all real men like to fight. — George S. Patton

If matters go badly now, they will not always be so. — Horace

Here was food for reflection: Kitty had never heard the Chinese spoken of as anything but decadent, dirty, and unspeakable. It was as though the corner of a curtain were lifted for a moment, and she caught a glimpse of a world rich with a color and significance she had not dreamt of. — W. Somerset Maugham

Passivity can be a provoking modus operandi;
Consider the Empire and Gandhi. — Ogden Nash