Rat Holes Near Quotes & Sayings

When the West overpowered native populations, these actions, no matter how violent, were rationalized as manifestations of the natural order of things. "Manifest destiny" and "social Darwinism" laid the foundation for violent improvement of the world. Europeans saw themselves as superior and naturally born to rule. They believed that their domination of faraway lands brought "civilization" to the natives. In return, the rulers of the empires benefited. "The purpose of colonies was to supply the mother country with raw materials and to provide a market for her manufactured goods, — Eric Bogosian

It's never too late to live your dreams. You just have to want them enough to make them come true." Collin — Tara Sivec

You are a sacred-being. — Lailah Gifty Akita

There will come a day when your vision will be fulfilled — Sunday Adelaja

[A 2005 response to doping allegations] Unfortunately, the witch hunt continues and tomorrow's article is nothing short of tabloid journalism. The paper even admits in its own article that the science in question here is faulty and that I have no way to defend myself. They state: 'There will therefore be no counter-exam nor regulatory prosecutions, in a strict sense, since defendant's rights cannot be respected.' I will simply restate what I have said many times: I have never taken performance enhancing drugs. — Lance Armstrong

When you get saved, you get saved not because you deserve it, but because you simply let God save you and because you confess your own poor sinful state and your inability to save yourself. — John R. Rice

You can't hate somebody for the rest of their lives over one mistake. — DJ Quik

Hindsight, usually looked down upon, is probably as valuable as foresight, since it does include a few facts. — Grace Paley

Folklore is the boiled-down juice, or pot-likker, of human living. — Zora Neale Hurston

Good bands you can kind of lose, then come back and realize they're still good. — Marisha Pessl

I take pride in never being rude to anyone on this earth, which contains a great number of unbearable villains who set upon you to recount their sufferings and even recite their poems. — Heinrich Heine

Each of us is the sum of our scars. — Matthew Woodring Stover

Synergistic convergence is the most important idea we have at our disposal to prevent collapse scenarios and move forward in a nonlinear manner toward an evolutionary society. — Barbara Marx Hubbard

The bravest man in the universe
Is the one who has forgiven first. — Bobby Womack

INSTRUCTORS CAN impart a fraction of the teaching. It is through your own devoted practice that the mysteries of the Art of Peace are brought to life. — Morihei Ueshiba