#kin

At the very beginning of my creative life I loved humanity. I wanted to do something good for mankind. Soon I understood that it isn't possible to save mankind. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#creative #creative life #good #humanity #i

This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#devoid #make #mornings #terrifying #up

You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#entire #find #least #lurking #objects

You know, I'm worried about Szymborska. I wish she would stop smoking. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#i #i wish #know #she #smoking

It's just that when you heard hip-hop, no matter where you were, it was a culture that kind of made you want to try to be part of it. Whether you thought you were an artist, whether you thought you could be a DJ, whether you thought you could breakdance, or whether you thought you could rap. It was the kind of culture that had a lot of open doors. ↗

— Ice T

#could #culture #dj #doors #had

Xenophobia manifests itself especially against civilizations and cultures that are weak because they lack economic resources, means of subsistence or land. So nomadic people are the first targets of this kind of aggression. ↗

— Antonio Tabucchi

#aggression #because #civilizations #cultures #economic

The kind of national goal we ought to be thinking about is way beyond national product - it is how do we as a nation help our children be the best kinds of people they could possibly be? ↗

— Paul Wellstone

#best #beyond #children #could #goal

Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it. ↗

— Tacitus

#angry #any #anyone #apt #cause

A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all. ↗

— Tacitus

#blessing #committed #crime #few #individuals

By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

#flower #gather #her #petals #plucking