Tumataas Quotes & Sayings

In contexts of colonial oppression, intellectuals, especially those who advocate and work for justice, cannot be just-or mere- intellectuals, in the abstract sense; they cannot but be immersed in some form or another of activism, to learn from fellow activists through real-life experiences, to widen the horizons of their sources of inspiration, and to organically engage in effective, collective emancipatory processes, without the self-indulgence, complacency, or ivory-towerness that might otherwise blur their moral vision. In short, to be just intellectuals, committed to justice as the most ethical and durable foundation of peace. — Omar Barghouti

I'm not abnegation, I'm not dauntless, I am Divergent — Veronica Roth

Liberty is an acknowledgement of faith in God and his works. — Frederic Bastiat

I was not raised with wealth or resources or any social standing to speak of. — Michelle Obama

His resolve was blown as quickly as the rest of him. — John Irving

Truth's a menace, science is a public danger. As dangerous as it's been beneficent. — Aldous Huxley

One cannot simply read the Bible, like other books. One must be prepared really to enquire of it. Only thus will it reveal itself. Only if we expect from it the ultimate answer, shall we receive it. That is because in the Bible God speaks to us. And one cannot simply think about God in one's own strength, one has to inquire of him. Only if we seek him, will he answer us. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

you are so brave & quiet i forget you are suffering. — Ernest Hemingway,

Never do what you can't undo until you've considered well what you can't do once you've done it. — Robin Hobb

Do you have to have a reason for loving? — Brigitte Bardot

Don't put the whole of your identity into the smallness of a situation. — Lysa TerKeurst

Jon Snow, you know nothing. — George R R Martin