"邦达列夫深吸了一口冷气：“您像一位君王那样充满决断力，或者说，一位暴君。” “如果确知残暴就能建立功业，那么所有人都会变得残暴。”博士冷冷地说，“懦夫的慈柔只是怯懦。如果我不是这样的人，也不敢跟你的家族合作了。”"

— 江南: 龙族Ⅲ（上）

#江南 #龙族 #龙族3黑月之潮 #在读引用 #quote #reading #bookstodon @reading@ovo.st

If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.
-- Frederick Douglass

JULIET: But old folks, many feign as they were dead;

Unwieldy, slow, heavy and pale as lead.

— Romeo and Juliet, II, v

Don’t pack up your camera until you’ve left the location - Joe McNally
#photography #quote

"But then I think no, it has nothing to do with being dead, it's not death that allows us to understand one another, but poetry."

Ursula K. Le Guin
Lavinia
#SundaySentence #quote #UrsulaKLeGuin

We won the revolution, what we lost was the war.
-- Abel Paz

celebrate all who plant seeds of #kindness to make the world more beautiful for people living with #Alzheimers and other forms of #dementia.

"It is important to know the Architects of the Propaganda you passively consume" - Princess Weeks

“The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison.” ~James Cash Penney

Wars have always affected civilians in varying degrees, depending on scale and outcome. But a modern system of all-encompassing conflict, with almost inescapable effect across all sectors of society, is something that largely originated from the French Revolution.

The Revolution, at its time, was a unique combination of a government that demanded service from its own citizens, and the citizens themselves enthusiastically joining the war effort.

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Often, the fear of one evil leads us into a worse one.

Souvent, la peur d’un mal nous entraîne dans un mal pire

Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
French Poet and Critic

Courtesy, The Economist

"This, my dear, is the greatest challenge of being alive; To witness the injustice of this world, and not allow it to consume our light."

-Unknown

As carers, we don't need anyone imposing their judgment on us. We welcome those who offer #empathy and tangible support.

"历史同传说混为一谈，一篇民间故事就这样诞生的。真实只存在于经验之中，而且得是自身的经验，然而，那怕是自身的经验，一经转述，依然成了故事。真实是无法论证的，也毋须去论证，让所谓生活的真实的辩士去辩论就得了，要紧的是生活。"

— Gao Xingjian: 灵山, p. 2

#高行健 #在读引用 #quote #reading #bookstodon #booksky @reading@ovo.st

#Caregiving depends on continually developing your ability to compassionately observe, listen, empathize, evaluate, innovate, communicate and support.

“Me after socializing or going to the grocery store.”

A major life principle I personally hold is that belief, and expression of such belief, are two different things. Many people may agree with you on certain matters, but they may also not be as enthusiastic about them as you are.

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A major life principle I personally hold is that belief, and expression of such belief, are two different things. Many people may agree with you on certain matters, but they may also not be as enthusiastic about them as you are.

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#history histodons #quote #bookstodon