“Just as those standing in the midst of boisterous people carefully guard their wounds, so those standing in the midst of evil people should always guard the wounds of their minds.”
Bodhicaryavatara, A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life
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Šantidéva 41
8th-century Indian Buddhist monk and scholar 685–763Related quotes
“Law stands mute in the midst of arms.”
Silent enim leges inter arma.
Pro Milone, Chapter IV, section 11. Often paraphrased as Inter arma enim silent leges.
Variant translations:
In a time of war, the law falls silent.
Laws are silent in time of war.
“The people who guard the rainbow don't like those who get in the way of the sun.”
Source: Going Postal
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter LVIII: On Being
“God guard me from those thoughts men think
In the mind alone.”
Source: The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
"Black Cultural Nationalism" in The Black Aesthetic (1971)
“God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.”
Speech (3 June 1834); reported in Edward Everett, ed., The Works of Daniel Webster (1851), volume iv, page 47
“People want to stand for something, which means opposing those who stand for something else.”
How to Understand Politics: What the Humanities Can Say to Science (2007)
Context: People want to stand for something, which means opposing those who stand for something else. In the course of opposing they will often resort to insults and name-calling, which are normal in politics though never in your interest. The demand for more civility in politics today should be directed toward improving the quality of our insults, seeking civility in wit rather than blandness.