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Brendan Myers Quote: “At the risk of sounding like…”

At the risk of sounding like a spoilsport, I’d say that pagans have about the same experience of otherness and isolation as anyone else. We’re not special in that regard. But this is because the problem of loneliness is almost universal – and that, to my mind, makes it much more serious.

October 17, 2021 1974, Brendan Myers, Canadian, July 4, Quotes by Philosophers

Malcolm X Quote: “In the Muslim world, I had…”

In the Muslim world, I had seen that men with white complexions were more genuinely brotherly than anyone else had ever been. That… was the start of a radical alteration in my whole outlook about ‘white men.’

October 16, 2021 1925, American, Malcolm X, May 19, Quotes by Activists

Thales Quote: “Hope is the only good that…”

Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still.

October 14, 2021 624 BC, Greek, Quotes by Philosophers, Thales

Audre Lorde Quote: “There’s always someone asking you to…”

There’s always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself – whether it’s Black, woman, mother, dyke, teacher, etc. – because that’s the piece that they need to key in to. They want to dismiss everything else.

October 14, 2021 1934, American, Audre Lorde, February 18, Quotes by Poets

Noam Chomsky Quote: “It is a virtual reflex for…”

It is a virtual reflex for governments to plead security concerns when they undertake any controversial action, often as a pretext for something else.

October 9, 2021 1928, American, December 7, Noam Chomsky, Quotes by Activists

Allen Tate Quote: “According to its doctors, my one…”

According to its doctors, my one intransigent desire is to have been a Confederate general, and because I could not or would not become anything else, I set up for poet and beg an to invent fictions about the personal ambitions that my society has no use for.

October 7, 2021 1899, Allen Tate, American, November 19, Quotes by Poets

Alexander Pope Quote: “A God without dominion, providence, and…”

A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.

October 6, 2021 1688, Alexander Pope, English, May 21, Quotes by Poets

Carol Ann Duffy Quote: “When you have a child, your…”

When you have a child, your previous life seems like someone else’s. It’s like living in a house and suddenly finding a room you didn’t know was there, full of treasure and light.

October 1, 2021 1955, British, Carol Ann Duffy, December 23, Quotes by Poets

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote: “To be yourself in a world…”

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

September 27, 2021 1803, American, May 25, Quotes by Poets, Ralph Waldo Emerson

William Congreve Quote: “In my conscience I believe the…”

In my conscience I believe the baggage loves me, for she never speaks well of me herself, nor suffers any body else to rail at me.

September 26, 2021 1670, English, February 10, Quotes by Poets, William Congreve

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