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The coward only threatens when he is safe.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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“If you wait by the stream long enough, eventually you will see the bodies of all your enemies float by.” Minette Walters from her book “The Shape of Snakes”. Okay, it’s from a book, but I love the quote.
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I thought that was Sun Tzu.
I see they don't really know where it is from, with it showing up several places including with Confucius so it is even older than Sun Tzu.
Now that you say that a) I quoted it without checking the exact words and b) there actually was a reference to “some Chinese guy” having said it.
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Being a translation of unknown origin, the exact wording probably isn't possible unless you mean as in the book and I have seen it attributed to a "Japanese guy" also, though who knows if that has any validity.
Whatever, it is a great quote, whoever came up with it.
Is victim and criminal the only choice? What about saviour or hero?
You are what you do. Not sure why you would tarnish someone’s willingness to do right to allude that they are disingenuous.
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^ I understand the quote and I see where it might seem that way at times, but generally I tend to agree with these.
We're sentient beings. We can choose a higher way of our own free will.
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"Sanity is madness put to good use" - George Santayana
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My own:
"You can't expect to see things in a different light without adjusting your vision."
"A wise person never reveals their secrets/agendas."
"Perspective is everything in life."
"Acknowledgement, acceptance, processing, and letting go are the first steps of healing."
Originals:
"It is What It Is."
"You can't expect to see things in a different light without adjusting your vision."
"A wise person never reveals their secrets/agendas."
"Perspective is everything in life."
"Acknowledgement, acceptance, processing, and letting go are the first steps of healing."
Originals:
"It is What It Is."
The devil is in the details, God is in the big picture. (Leonardo)
To intrust power to the very rich is to court widespread ruin and starvation. The nation, realising this, gave President Roosevelt an unprecedented degree of control over the economic life of the country. Mr. Roosevelt has used his power with energy and vision, and has at the same time shown skill in minimising friction. He is attempting, without abolishing the capitalist system, to subject it to regulations which will cause it to work in accordance with the public for all interest, and to produce prosperity instead of disaster. If he succeeds, we shall know that the world's economic troubles can be overcome without violent revolution or civil war. (Bertrand Russell)
To intrust power to the very rich is to court widespread ruin and starvation. The nation, realising this, gave President Roosevelt an unprecedented degree of control over the economic life of the country. Mr. Roosevelt has used his power with energy and vision, and has at the same time shown skill in minimising friction. He is attempting, without abolishing the capitalist system, to subject it to regulations which will cause it to work in accordance with the public for all interest, and to produce prosperity instead of disaster. If he succeeds, we shall know that the world's economic troubles can be overcome without violent revolution or civil war. (Bertrand Russell)
