Seeds.relation Quotes

If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things

you cannot learn any other way.

We seldom realize,

for example,

that our most private thoughts

and emotions are not actually our own.

There is nothing on this earth

more to be prized than true friendship.

Friendship may,

and often does,

grow into love,

but love never

subsides into

friendship.

Civilization is a stream with banks.

The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing,

stealing, shouting, while on the banks,

unnoticed, people build homes, raise children,

sing songs, write poetry, and generally live.

Order without liberty and liberty without order

are equally destructive.

Things do not happen.

Things are made to happen.

Journalism is what maintains democracy.

It’s the first rough draft of history.

Speak the truth. People will forgive an honest mistake; they won't forgive you if you lie.

The people know their rights,

and they are never slow to assert

and maintain them when they are invaded.

Being authentic is more important than being popular.

Do I contradict myself?

Very well,

then I contradict myself,

I am large,

I contain multitudes.

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless,

and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

We’ve always been shameless

about stealing great ideas.

It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster

when we have lost our way.

What is politics?

Political system is equal to development politics plus political politics.

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours

is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.

Grief can take care if itself,

but to get the full value of a joy

you must have somebody to divide it with.

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think

you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

The price is wrong,

bitch!