Solovki Russia Quotes & Sayings

Only a fire can teach you what survives a fire. No, it teaches you what can survive that fire. — Sarah Manguso

Solidarity is not a matter of altruism. Solidarity comes from the inability to tolerate the affront to our own integrity of passive or active collaboration in the oppression of others, and from the deep recognition of our most expansive self-interest. From the recognition that, like it or not, our liberation is bound up with that of every other being on the planet, and that politically, spiritually, in our heart of hearts we know anything else is unaffordable. — Aurora Levins Morales

No doubt it is true that there is more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner repented than over all the saints who consistently remain holy, and the rare, sudden gentlenesses of arrogant people have infinitely more effect than the continual gentleness of gentle people. Arrogance turned gentle melts the heart. — Booth Tarkington

Dealing with Negativity does not need good aptitude, but needs good attitude. — Shubha Vilas

I don't remember a time when I didn't define myself as a writer. — Lisa Unger

The newcomer struck him as an enterprising sort of man. The kind that would slit your throat for a box of tissues in your bag while you slept. — Ilona Andrews

There are no rules by which intellectuals
can know what to say or do; nor for the true
secular intellectual are there any gods to be worshiped and looked to for unwavering guidance. — Edward Said

For most people, the question why be good - as distinguished from merely law abiding - is a simple one. Because God commands it, because the Bible requires it, because good people go to Heaven and bad people go to Hell. — Alan Dershowitz

Kaminski plunged ahead. "I am not going to sign off on anything related to the Raptors," he said. "And I don't care if I'm fired for it."
Buy raised a hand. "Whoa, wait a minute, I don't think you'll be fired," he replied quickly. "Now that Skilling's gone, we have a different mantra in Enron."
He looked Kaminski in the eye. "We're expected to be honest", he said.
p.525 — Kurt Eichenwald

(They) were responsible for spreading the Buddhist religion throughout India and East Asia. — Gautama Buddha

We are human beings, we are born full of guilt; we feel terrified when happiness becomes a real possibility. — Paulo Coelho

Sometimes just shut off the outside. See what's playing on the inside. — Art Hochberg