Who sees all beings in his own self, and his own self in all beings, loses all fear.
—The Upanishads, c. 800 BC
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If you find excrement somewhere in the village, the chief was the one who put it there.
—Congolese proverbGovernments are not overthrown by the poor, who have no power, but by the rich—when they are insulted by their inferiors and cannot obtain justice.
—Dionysius of Halicarnassus, c. 20 BCThere is no work of human hands which time does not wear away and reduce to dust.
—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 46 BCGrown up, and that is a terribly hard thing to do. It is much easier to skip it and go from one childhood to another.
—F. Scott Fitzgerald, c. 1940One of the things men should most strive to do is win a good reputation and see that no one questions it.
—Juan Manuel, 1335There is no crime without precedent.
—Seneca the Younger, c. 60Thanks be to God: since my leaving drinking of wine, I do find myself much better and do mind my business better, and do spend less money, and less time lost in idle company.
—Samuel Pepys, 1662Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules, and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence; in other words it is war minus the shooting.
—George Orwell, 1945He who is afraid of his own memories is cowardly, really cowardly.
—Elias Canetti, 1954The most advanced nations are always those who navigate the most.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1870To live on a day-to-day basis is insufficient for human beings; we need to transcend, transport, escape; we need meaning, understanding, and explanation.
—Oliver Sacks, 2012Fate leads the willing and drags along those who hang back.
—Cleanthes, c. 250 BC