#ric

Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is richness of self. ↗

— May Sarton

#loneliness #solitude #rich

Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#rich #society #rich

History is written by the rich, and so the poor get blamed for everything. ↗

— Jeffrey D. Sachs

#condition #human #maldistribution #poor #poverty

When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building, I didn't realize he meant our nation. ↗

— Al Franken

#bush #foreign-policy #iraq #nation-building #politics

Anti-Americanism may indeed have grown fiercer than it was during the cold war. It is a common phenomenon that when the angels fail to deliver, the demons become more fearsome. ↗

— Ian Buruma

#bigotry #cold-war #leftism #politics #united-states

Shay sometimes talked in a mysterious way, like she was quoting the lyrics of some band no one else listened to. ↗

— Scott Westerfeld

#fma #full-metal-alchemist #lyrics #on-quotes #quote

I am not eccentric. It's just that I am more alive than most people. I am an unpopular electric eel set in a pond of catfish. ↗

— Edith Sitwell

#eccentricity #eels #fish #individuality #individuality

- Com'è l'Africa? - gli chiedevano. - Stanca. ↗

— Alessandro Baricco

#geography #africa

The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same. ↗

— Carlos Castaneda

#either #emphasizes #happy #make #miserable

The measure of civilized behavior is compassion. ↗

— Paul Theroux

#humanity #travel #africa