I am fascinated by words of wisdom/quotes that inspire us, motivate us, provoke us or simply depict an idea/thought or a different angle on our life experiences. Here are a few favorites of mine.
If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. - Thomas Paine
Life is a succession of crises and moments when we have to rediscover who we are and what we really want. - Jean Vanier
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. - David Brinkley
Haroon Ahmad
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Thanks Haroon for opening this thread. I'm making some changes and i.e. lets post quotes related to Culture, Language and Literature (which is the scope of this forum).
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You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
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Ray Bradbury**
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"Peace cannot exist without justice, justice cannot exist without fairness, fairness cannot exist without development, development cannot exist without democracy, democracy cannot exist without respect for the identity and worth of cultures and peoples."
--Rigoberta Menchú Tum (Guatemalan Indigenous Rights Activist, 1990 UNESCO Prize for Peace Education, 1992 Nobel Peace Prize Winner; b. 1952)
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Sounds good to me @ Muqawwee123
Here is one i found, pretty interesting.
“We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.” ― Alan Wilson Watts
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“Peace is not unity in similarity but unity in diversity, in the comparison and conciliation of differences.”
--Mikhail Gorbachev (Russian Politician, Environmentalist, Social Activist, 1990 Nobel Peace Prize Winner; b. 1931)
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I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music.
Billy Joel American pianist, singer-songwriter, and composer
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People can only live fully by helping others to live. When you give life to friends you truly live. Cultures can only realize their further richness by honoring other traditions. And only by respecting natural life can humanity continue to exist.
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Let's share some humorous ones !
P.S. - Some of these might seem insensitive to some, the intent is not to offend :)
"Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive" - Elbert Hubbard
"My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the h** she is" - Ellen DeGeneres
"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific" - Lily Tomlin
"Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese" - Luis Bunuel
Haroon Ahmad
DET - U.S. Central Command
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If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
Nelson Mandela
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The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.
](http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/r/ronald_reagan.html)**Ronald Reagan
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