Bernard Crick (1929–2008) British political theorist and democratic socialist
Source: In Defence Of Politics (Second Edition) – 1981, Chapter 4, A Defence Of Politics Against Nationalism, p. 87.
Bernard Crick (1929–2008) British political theorist and democratic socialist
Source: In Defence Of Politics (Second Edition) – 1981, Chapter 4, A Defence Of Politics Against Nationalism, p. 87.
“Personal growth has its price, and she was paying it without complaint.”
Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist
Source: Veronika Decides to Die
“The Indian knew how to live without wants, to suffer without complaint, and to die singing.”
Alexis De Tocqueville book Democracy in America
Source: Democracy in America, Volume I (1835), Chapter I-V, Chapter I.
“To suffer without complaint is the only lesson we have to learn in this life”
Vincent Van Gogh book The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
Source: The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
Bill Whittle (1959) author, director, screenwriter, editor
"The Republic of Emotion" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PdKXTu-er4 (24 July 2017) <br class="br">2010s
“Discussion is impossible with someone who claims not to seek the truth, but already to possess it.”
Romain Rolland (1866–1944) French author
Source: Above the Battle
“every complaint is a little story the mind makes up that you completely believe in.”
Eckhart Tolle (1948) German writer
Source: A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
Marguerite Yourcenar (1903–1987) French writer
Alexis (1929)
Context: Every silence is composed of nothing but unspoken words. Perhaps that is why I became a musician. Someone had to express this silence, make it render up all the sadness it contained, make it sing as it were. Someone had to use not words, which are always too precise not to be cruel, but simply music.
“It is impossible not to love someone who makes toast for you.”
Nigel Slater (1958) English food writer, journalist and broadcaster
“Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.”
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist