#spite

I would say I was still a Marxist - which is not to be confused with being a Communist. Despite its flaws, Marxism still seems to explain the material world better than anything else. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#being #better #communist #confused #despite

When it comes to world news, attitude is what marks the distinction between justice and vengeance. Justice is pure, but vengeance brings more ruin. ↗

— Criss Jami

#bitterness #correction #distinction #hatred #instigation

Despite what the pundits want us to think, contested primaries aren't civil war, they are democracy at work, and that's beautiful. ↗

— Sarah Palin

#civil #civil war #contested #democracy #despite

The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable. ↗

— Paul Tillich

#accept #being #oneself #spite #unacceptable

Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#grudges #revenge #spite #forgiveness

She's been conned, ruined, left for dead, and she's not going to forgive any of it. She will soldier on, if only out of spite. ↗

— Lauren DeStefano

#resilience #spite #forgiveness

I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze." (Letter to Cynthia Asquith, November 1913) ↗

— D.H. Lawrence

#spite #writing #humor

He decided in favor of life out of sheer spite and malice. ↗

— Patrick Süskind

#life #malice #spite #life

Of all the planets apart from Earth in our solar system, Mars is the most hospitable. Yeah. Right. Better keep my visit short. And yet, despite the discomfort, the danger, I love it here. I love coming back for these imaginary vacations. The sights are amazing. ↗

— Greg Bear

#apart #back #better #coming #danger

The only theism worthy of our respect believes in God not because of the way the world is made but in spite of that. The only theism that is no less profound than the Buddha's atheism is that represented in the Bible by Job and Jeremiah. ↗

— Walter Kaufmann

#because #believes #bible #buddha #god