#vic

Those who invest in South Africa should not think they are doing us a favor; they are here for what they get out of our cheap and abundant labor, and they should know that they are buttressing one of the most vicious systems. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#africa #cheap #doing #favor #get

It is the great sadness of our species that we have not found a way to eliminate the conflict and to eliminate violence as a device to resolve our conflicts throughout the entire history of the human race. ↗

— Neale Donald Walsch

#conflicts #device #eliminate #entire #found

When has faith ever been about feelings? ↗

— Camy Tang

#faith #inspirational #spirituality #faith

Designers are very fickle. I never wanted to be a victim of that. You're in one minute, out the next. ↗

— Tyra Banks

#designers #fickle #i #minute #never

As the saying goes, you might as well be yourself; everyone else is taken. ↗

— Robert Bly

#writing #writing-advice

Moral justification is a powerful disengagement mechanism. Destructive conduct is made personally and socially acceptable by portraying it in the service of moral ends. This is why most appeals against violent means usually fall on deaf ears. ↗

— Albert Bandura

#against #appeals #conduct #deaf #destructive

I swear that woman had a previous career as a death-hunter selling tragic ballads down around the Seven Dials," said Will. "And I wish she wouldn't sing about poisoning just after we've eaten." He looked sideways at Tessa. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#clare #poison #the-infernal-devices #will #death

Television could perform a great service in mass education, but there's no indication its sponsors have anything like this on their minds. ↗

— Tallulah Bankhead

#could #education #great #great service #indication

Faith to me is trusting in every evidence that something is―that it is possible, that it is significant, that it is real. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#belief #believing #confidence #conviction #faith

Here's a rule I recommend: Never practice two vices at once. ↗

— Tallulah Bankhead

#i #never #once #practice #recommend