Notable Quotable 274

May 17, 2024

When the whole world is running towards a cliff, he who is running in the opposite direction appears to have lost his mind.

- C.S. Lewis

The ordinary man is passive. Within a narrow circle, home life, and perhaps the trade unions or local politics, he feels himself master of his fate. But otherwise he simply lies down and lets things happen to him.

- George Orwell

They are longing for a war with Iran. Iran is no more a harm to us than was Iraq or Afghanistan. They invented an enemy, they tell lies, lies, lies. The New York Times goes along with their lies, lies, lies. And they don't stop. When the public that's lied to 30 times a day it's apt to believe the lies, is not it?

- Gore Vidal

I think it was smart that you’re wary of using the word “terrorism,” and if you talk about the cycle of violence, or “an eye for an eye,” you could be perpetuating the idea that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a balanced conflict, instead of a largely unarmed people against the fourth most powerful military in the world.

- Rachel Corrie

How can we speak to each other like equals when one of us is holding a gun?

- Cliff James, Life As A Kite

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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark. The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

- Plato

The real world is where the monsters are.

- Rick Riordan

What is the unmistakable mark of a wise man? It is Love, Love for all humanity.

- Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Always hear others out and remain open-minded; the day you think you know everything is the day you have the most yet to learn.

- A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar

The thing is, it's very dangerous to have a fixed idea. A person with a fixed idea will always find some way of convincing himself in the end that he is right.

- Atle Selberg