Treblinka Survivors Quotes & Sayings

Oh, why does compassion weaken us?'
It doesn't, really ... Somewhere where it all balances out - don't the philosophers have a name for it, the perfect place, the place where the answers live? - if we could go there, you could see it doesn't. It only looks, a little bit, like it does, from here, like an ant at the foot of an oak tree. He doesn't have a clue that it's a tree; it's the beginning of the wall round the world, to him. — Robin McKinley

We must consider how very little history there is
I mean real, authentic history. That certain kings reigned and certain battles were fought, we can depend upon as true; but all the coloring, all the philosophy, of history is conjecture. — Samuel Johnson

Face a challenge and find joy in the capacity to meet it. — Ayn Rand

It is besides necessary that whoever is brave should be a man of great soul. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

In a police state, referencing one's rights is seen as an act of aggression. — Philip Schuyler

Success is not genetic neither is failure hereditary ; it is the passion to strive further that counts . — Osunsakin Adewale

They didn't hate her when you were in high school. They made fun of her. She was the butt of jokes. But they didn't hate her. That's what people do now. They don't disagree, they hate. — Matthew Norman

I feel like you become a songwriter when you claim that it's sort of like a switch flipped, and you're always writing. Even in your sleep, you're always thinking about it in the back of your mind. The true writing - when you're officially writing - that's just when its front of mind, but its always there. You're always listening for a hook. — Charlie Worsham

The creative mind seeks chance and accident while everyone else seeks control and order. Rod Judkins 'Change Your Mind — Rod Judkins

We need to have a taste factor in our life. It isn't about what's popular; it's about what's really good. — Robbie Robertson

It is well-known what an orphan's life is: although he is little and has not yet a man's wisdom, he will follow every trail, try every task. — Alexander Afanasyev

I'll probably just read a book. I've got like a million of them in my to-be-read pile. — Rebekah L. Purdy

The inner and poetic illumination of his life came from me. — Anais Nin

They can rule the world while they can persuade us our pain belongs in some order is death by famine worse than death by suicide, than a life of famine and suicide? — Adrienne Rich

Our marvelous new information technologies boost our power and opportunities for political engagement, but they can also disempower us by contributing to extreme political mobilization that sometimes overwhelms our institutions. These institutions were designed for rural societies operation at a tiny fraction of today's speed and with a citizenry vastly less capable that today's. It's unclear how they will change to adapt to the new reality, but change they must. — Thomas Homer-Dixon