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„Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.“
— Démosthenés ancient greek statesman and orator -384 - -322 BC
„But no matter what they say,
You can make it all right
You can do it alone now
Do it your way
Yeah“
— Dhani Harrison English musician 1978
Yomp
Lyrics, You Are Here (2008)
„I read like a wolf eats.
I read myself to sleep every night.“
— Gary Paulsen American writer and musher 1939
„When we find someone who is brave, fun, intelligent, and loving, we have to thank the universe.“
— Maya Angelou American author and poet 1928 - 2014
„Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.“
— Aristotle Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy -384 - -321 BC
„Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.“
— George Carlin American stand-up comedian 1937 - 2008
— Viktor Tsoi Soviet rock musician (1962-1990) 1962 - 1990
As quoted in an interview with newspaper Arguments and Facts (1987), " 'Almost everyone can forgive us for honesty': the rules of life of Viktor Tsoi, who passed away 29 years ago" in Forum Daily https://www.forumdaily.com/en/nam-za-chestnost-mogut-prostit-prakticheski-vse-pravila-zhizni-viktora-coya-ushedshego-29-let-nazad/ (15 August 2019)
— Umar Second Caliph of Rashidun Caliphate and a companion of Muhammad 585 - 644
As quoted in Omar the Great : The Second Caliph Of Islam (1962) by Muhammad Shibli Numani, Vol. 2, p. 33
Context: Remember, I have not appointed you as commanders and tyrants over the people. I have sent you as leaders instead, so that the people may follow your example. Give the Muslims their rights and do not beat them lest they become abused. Do not praise them unduly, lest they fall into the error of conceit. Do not keep your doors shut in their faces, lest the more powerful of them eat up the weaker ones. And do not behave as if you were superior to them, for that is tyranny over them.
— Aldo Leopold, book A Sand County Almanac
Source: A Sand County Almanac, 1949, Foreword, p. viii.
Context: Conservation is getting nowhere because it is incompatible with our Abrahamic concept of land. We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect. There is no other way for land to survive the impact of mechanized man, nor for us to reap from it the aesthetic harvest it is capable, under science, of contributing to culture.
„A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.“
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe German writer, artist, and politician 1749 - 1832
— David Duke American White nationalist, white supremacist, writer, right-wing politician, and a former Republican Louisiana State R… 1950
Podcast (4 July 2006) http://www.davidduke.com/mp3/dukeradio060704.mp3
„Do you not know I am a woman? when I think, I must speak.“
— William Shakespeare, As You Like It
Source: As You Like It
— Jacques-Yves Cousteau French naval officer, explorer, conservationist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, author and researcher 1910 - 1997
— Vangelis Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, pop rock, and orchestral music 1943
1984
Context: On albums and commercialism: "For every album I’ve ever made, I’ve written many times more music than has actually been released, and the way I choose which music appears is almost totally random, but one thing I have never done is to make music for the sake of commercialism... I don’t think it’s possible to guarantee commercial success for an album anyway, because nobody really knows what is commercial and what isn’t. Even if I went out of my way to make an album that was more accessible to the public, that would not guarantee its commercial success".
— Martin Luther King, Jr. American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement 1929 - 1968
1960s, Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam (1967)
Context: We are presently moving down a dead-end road that can lead to national disaster. America has strayed to the far country of racism and militarism. The home that all too many Americans left was solidly structured idealistically; its pillars were solidly grounded in the insights of our Judeo-Christian heritage. All men are made in the image of God. All men are brothers. All men are created equal. Every man is an heir to a legacy of dignity and worth. Every man has rights that are neither conferred by, nor derived from the State — they are God-given. Out of one blood, God made all men to dwell upon the face of the earth. What a marvelous foundation for any home! What a glorious and healthy place to inhabit. But America's strayed away, and this unnatural excursion has brought only confusion and bewilderment. It has left hearts aching with guilt and minds distorted with irrationality.
