“A great man is always willing to be little.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Compensation

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“The Lord, in the culmination of the mystery of the Incarnation, chose to reach our intimate depths through a fragment of matter. He comes not from above, but from within, he comes that we might find him in this world of ours.”

― Pope Francis, Laudato si'

“His whole future seemed suddenly to be unrolled before him; and passing down its endless emptiness he saw the dwindling figure of a man to whom nothing was ever to happen.”

― Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence

“In the long run, a hierarchical society was only possible on a basis of poverty and ignorance.”

― George Orwell, 1984

“For the stability and peace of Asia, it is essential to create peace zones to separate the continent's biggest powers and potential adversaries.”

― 14th Dalai Lama, Nobel Lecture

“In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”

― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“You can be sure of succeeding in your attacks if you only attack places which are undefended. You can ensure the safety of your defense if you only hold positions that cannot be attacked.”

― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

“In the field of world policy I would dedicate this nation to the policy of the good neighbour—the neighbour who resolutely respects himself and, because he does so, respects the rights of others—the neighbour who respects the sanctity of his...”

― Franklin D. Roosevelt, Looking Forward

“A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.”

― Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography

“We are not our own any more than what we possess is our own. We did not make ourselves, we cannot be supreme over ourselves. We are not our own masters.”

― Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

“Ill deeds is doubled with an evil word.”

― William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors

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