Manhood is, today, an uncertain, frail status that is easily threatened. Insecure men attempt to affirm their manliness physically and symbolically. Zanus’s appeal speaks to the insecurities of men raised with traditional values; men trapped in a world that is pulling the rug under their feet and challenging everything they believe in (Jamie Le Fay, Gravitational Pull)
Brains will always conquer brawn, in the end. The soldiers can flex their muscles all they want, but the well-thought-out tactics of the generals are what win the war (Patrick Hall, Blades in the Dark: The Guardians of Siva)
Those who eat what is rightfully theirs, will incarnate as humans. Those who take what is not theirs by right, will incarnate as animals. Those who give away to others, what is rightfully their own, will incarnate as celestial beings. Those who hurt others and take away from them what is not theirs by right; will take birth in hell (Dada Bhagwan)
There’s no foollike an illiterate fool (A.J. DeJong)
Signs form a language, but not the one you think you know. (Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities)
Enjoy time of existence (Lailah Gifty Akita)
If our goal is to slow migration, then the best way to do so is to work for a more equitable global system. But slowing migration is an odd goal, if the real problem is global inequality (Aviva Chomsky, They Take Our Jobs!: And 20 Other Myths about Immigration)
What beauty could be your life’s mountain peak which you could climb all the way up? – Sorin Cerin, Wisdom Collection: The Book of Wisdom
Silence is a chameleon that is colored by its surrounding circumstances – Alien Cactus’s Professor
a gang of unpredictable ruffians by day who turned to enthralling storytellers after dark. “I would sometimes join them, and listen for a great part of the night to some of the finest fairy tales and most romantic legends it has ever been my fortune to hear (Russell S. Bonds, Stealing the General: The Great Locomotive Chase and the First Medal of Honor)