Hanon Hosho Quotes & Sayings

Debate is never finished; it can't be, lest democracy be no longer democratic and society be stripped of or forfeit its autonomy. Democracy means that the citizen's task is never complete. Democracy exists through persevering and unyielding citizens' concern. Once that concern is put to sleep, democracy expires.
And so there is no, and cannot be, a democracy, an autonomous society, without autonomous citizens - that is, citizens endowed with individual liberty and individual responsibility for the ways they use it. That liberty is another value - though unthinkable in separation from the value of democracy. Democracy rests on the freedom of its citizens, and citizens rest their confidence of being free and the courage to be free on the democracy of their polis. The two make each other and are made in the process of that making. — Zygmunt Bauman

Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay. — Ovid

Records can be destroyed if they do not suit the prejudices of ruling cliques, lost if they become incomprehensible, distorted if a copyist wishes to impose a new meaning upon them, misunderstood if we lack the information to interpret them. The past is like a huge library, mostly fiction. — Henry Ford

Maybe this was now normal for Olivier. Maybe every now and then he simply wept. Not in pain or sadness. The tears were just overwhelming memories, rendered into water, seeping out. — Louise Penny

It is in our hearts that evil lies, and it is from our hearts that it must be plucked out. — Bertrand Russell

Eric likes
to do what he likes,
when he likes,
because he likes it -
and then fuck off.
We'd all want a bit of that. — Howard Wilkinson

After I write, I have nothing to say. The commentary afterwards is superfluous. I write. And that's enough. — Yasmina Reza

Most people are either awakened to or are strengthened in their spiritual journey by experiences in the natural world. — Richard Louv

She's really married?" Tallow said to Bat.
"Yeah. Talia's like this Scandinavian Amazon who can break rocks with her boobs. She could fit Scarly in her armpit. Sometimes I think she likes Scarly just because she was the most portable lesbian available. — Warren Ellis

The majority prove their worth by keeping busy. A busy life is the nearest thing to a purposeful life. — Eric Hoffer

The sword wound heals in time, but the wound of words spoken out of anger never do — N. Davis

When somebody gives you a sexy look, you know they're trying. It's terrible! But when you smile, it's so much sexier! — Carol Alt

Moha (illusory vision) means new things keep arising, and one indeed sees new things; and he remains engrossed in them. — Dada Bhagwan

Will you still want me if I'm poor, Kat?"
"What kind of question is that?"
"No. Seriously. You're the planner. Simon's the genius. The Bagshaws are the muscle. And Gabrielle is ... Gabrielle. But what am I, Kat? I'm the guy who writes the checks."
"No. You're the most naturally gifted inside man I have ever seen. And I was raised by Bobby Bishop." She made him look into her eyes. "I don't care about your money. — Ally Carter

He has a heart of gold - only harder. — Adolphe Menjou