#quality

All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher. ↗

— Titus Lucretius Carus

#equality

He didn't have a single clue what was going on with these two strangers, but every instinct told him Master George equaled good, Mistress Jane equaled bald- he blinked-uh, bad. ↗

— James Dashner

#good #humor #equality

Equality before the law is probably forever unattainable. It is a noble ideal, but it can never be realized, for what men value in this world is not rights but privileges. ↗

— H.L. Mencken

#privilege #rights #equality

Baking is like washing--the results are equally temporary. ↗

— Patricia Briggs

#temporary #washing #equality

A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present? ↗

— Confucius

#youth #equality

Amelie said, “I won’t be your servant in Morganville. Nor should you be mine. Equals.” She offered her hand to him, and he looked down at it, clearly taken aback. But he took it. “Now defend what is ours, my partner.” He grinned … grinned! … and whirled to meet Myrnin in midleap as Myrnin attacked. ↗

— Rachel Caine

#eve-rosser #funny #ghost-town #humor #michael-glass

Take the blinders from your vision take the padding from your ears and confess you've heard me crying and admit you've seen my tears. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#poetry-quotes #equality

Tis the good reader that makes the good book; in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakenly meant for his ear; the profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader; the profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until it is discovered by an equal mind and heart. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#reading #equality

We value the individual. We probably put too much emphasis on the individual, if it comes right down to it. How many people, in the abstract, would...let's say Paige....how many people would she sacrifice to keep Andy alive? The answer wouldn't make any sense if you were looking at the whole of humanity as equals. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#jeb #parasites #the-individual #equality

Being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions. ↗

— John Locke

#independence #liberty #of-the-state-of-nature #equality