#his

We are usually told that democracy originated in ancient Athens—like science, or philosophy, it was a Greek invention. It’s never entirely clear what this is supposed to mean. Are we supposed to believe that before the Athenians, it never really occurred to anyone, anywhere, to gather all the members of their community in order to make joint decisions in a way that gave everyone equal say? ↗

— David Graeber

#democracy #history #politics #equality

A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#better #her #his #keep #man

Anarchism is not a romantic fable but the hardheaded realization, based on five thousand years of experience, that we cannot entrust the management of our lives to kings, priests, politicians, generals, and county commissioners. ↗

— Edward Abbey

#anarchist #politics #experience

It profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world... but for Wales! ↗

— Robert Bolt

#his #man #nothing #profits #soul

I don't know the history of my sport. I'm not like those people who know everything. ↗

— Usain Bolt

#history #i #know #like #people

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#harder #his #interests #man #rights

We are still living in the aftershock of Hiroshima, people are still the scars of history. ↗

— Edward Bond

#history #living #people #scars #still

Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what’s happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what’s happening, stories that get in the way of direct experience. Often such stories treat a fleeting state of mind as if it were our entire and permanent self. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#deceit #deception #fable #fake #false

My son is not wild about going back to Iraq, but he'd sure rather do that than sacrifice all that he and his fellow soldiers have accomplished by leaving too early and inviting chaos. ↗

— Kit Bond

#accomplished #back #chaos #early #fellow

Parks said, he's guilty and that's the end of the story. ↗

— Tommy Bond

#any #anyone #anything #been #blake