#ourselve

The liberal feminist movement never imagined that women would take seriously the encouragement to become our own heroes and claim life for ourselves, on our terms, no matter who we are. Pro-choice and pro-life, Christian and not, poor and rich, black, white, gay and straight. It is a dream we all hold dear, and it's called the Tea Party. ↗

— Tammy Bruce

#black #called #christian #claim #dear

In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves. ↗

— Buddha

#anger #begun #ceased #controversy #feel

We generally write best of what we ourselves have seen. ↗

— James Buchan

#generally #ourselves #seen #write

It may be that religion is dead, and if it is, we had better know it and set ourselves to try to discover other sources of moral strength before it is too late. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

#better #dead #discover #had #know

Only in solitude do we find ourselves; and in finding ourselves, we find in ourselves all our brothers in solitude. ↗

— Miguel de Unamuno

#find #finding #only #our #ourselves

Since the German people, with unparalleled heroism, but also at the cost of fearful sacrifices, has waged war against half the world, it is our right and our duty to obtain safety and independence for ourselves at sea. ↗

— Bernhard von Bulow

#also #cost #duty #fearful #german

Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our being. ↗

— Ken Burns

#being #defining #deprive #good #history

If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves. ↗

— Howard Zinn

#control #corporate #dominate #executives #ideas

If all of us would require the same level of performance from ourselves as we expect from government, this city will forever be the city that works. ↗

— Jane Byrne

#expect #forever #government #level #ourselves

One way or another, we all have to find what best fosters the flowering of our humanity in this contemporary life, and dedicate ourselves to that. ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#best #contemporary #contemporary life #dedicate #find