Suman Pokhrel (1967) Nepali poet, lyricist, playwright, translator and artist
<span class="plainlinks"> You are, as You are https://allpoetry.com/poem/11313676-You-are--as-You-are--by-Suman-Pokhrel/</span> <br class="br">From Poetry
“It's too late to start over, this is the only thing I know”
Eminem (1972) American rapper and actor
"Guts Over Fear" (2014)
2010s
“Many of the faults you see in others, dear reader,
are your own nature reflected in them.”
Rumi (1207–1273) Iranian poet
Rumi Daylight (1990)
Xenophon book Cyropaedia
Bk. 1, ch. 6; as translated by Henry Graham Dakyns in Cyropaedia (2004) p. 29.
Cyropaedia, 4th Century BC
Context: That... is the road to the obedience of compulsion. But there is a shorter way to a nobler goal, the obedience of the will. When the interests of mankind are at stake, they will obey with joy the man whom they believe to be wiser than themselves. You may prove this on all sides: you may see how the sick man will beg the doctor to tell him what he ought to do, how a whole ship’s company will listen to the pilot.
Sophie Scholl (1921–1943) White Rose member
Response to the closing question of whether she hadn't "indeed come to the conclusion that your conduct and the actions along with your brother and other persons in the present phase of the war should be seen as a crime against the community, but in particular against our troops fighting arduously in the east, that merits the severest sentence?" in the official examination transcripts (February 1943); Bundesarchiv Berlin, ZC 13267, Bd. 3 http://www.bpb.de/themen/5H3ZT3,3,0,Ausz%FCge_aus_den_Verh%F6rprotokollen_von_Sophie_Scholl.html#art3
Sophie Scholl (1921–1943) White Rose member
As quoted in O<sub>2</sub> : Breathing New Life Into Faith (2008) by Richard Dahlstrom, Ch. 4 : Artisans of Hope: Stepping into God's Kingdom Story, p. 63; this source is disputed as it does not cite an original document for the quote. It is also used in <i> The White Rose </i> (1991) by Lillian Garrett-Groag, a monologue during Sophie's interrogation.
Disputed
Context: The real damage is done by those millions who want to "survive." The honest men who just want to be left in peace. Those who don't want their little lives disturbed by anything bigger than themselves. Those with no sides and no causes. Those who won't take measure of their own strength, for fear of antagonizing their own weakness. Those who don't like to make waves — or enemies. Those for whom freedom, honor, truth, and principles are only literature. Those who live small, mate small, die small. It's the reductionist approach to life: if you keep it small, you'll keep it under control. If you don't make any noise, the bogeyman won't find you. But it's all an illusion, because they die too, those people who roll up their spirits into tiny little balls so as to be safe. Safe?! From what? Life is always on the edge of death; narrow streets lead to the same place as wide avenues, and a little candle burns itself out just like a flaming torch does. I choose my own way to burn.
Variant: Any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.
Source: The Iliad
“I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't. ”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) French author (1864-1910)
“Shihonage is the foundation of Aikido. All you ever need to master is shihonage.”
Morihei Ueshiba (1883–1969) founder of aikido
Shihonage (or Shiho-nage the "Four Corner Throw") is a technique of maintaining control over an opponent in Aikido, as quoted in Aikido Shugyo (1991) by Gōzō Shioda, p. 61
Robert Downey Jr. (1965) American actor
Quoted in Dotson Rader, "I rose from the ashes" http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2008/edition_04-20-2008/1Robert_Downey_Jr, Parade Magazine (2008-04-20)
Luca Pacioli book Summa de arithmetica
Summa de arithmetica, geometria. Proportioni et proportionalita (Venice 1494)
“Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.”
Voltaire (1694–1778) French writer, historian, and philosopher
Il est encore plus facile de juger de l'esprit d'un homme par ses questions que par ses réponses. (It is easier to judge the mind of a man by his questions rather than his answers) — Pierre-Marc-Gaston, duc de Lévis (1764-1830), Maximes et réflexions sur différents sujets de morale et de politique (Paris, 1808): Maxim xviii
Misattributed
“The boy had to pay the piper, so they all stay in fear of the neighborhood sniper”
Eazy-E (1963–1995) American rapper and producer
"Neighborhood Sniper", 5150: Home 4 tha Sick (1992).
1990s
“Are you saying it's too loud? It's got to be loud. You're supposed to feel it all over.”
James Hetfield (1963) American musician, songwriter and record producer
Playboy, April 2001
“There's no such thing, like a female with good looks who cooks and cleans.”
Eminem (1972) American rapper and actor
"Business"
2000s, The Eminem Show (2002)
