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― Van Gogh: The Life
― Van Gogh: The Life
“that when we see the image of indescribable and unutterable desolation—of loneliness”
― Van Gogh: The Life
― Van Gogh: The Life
“When we want to help the poor, we usually offer them charity. Most often we use charity to avoid recognizing the problem and finding the solution for it. Charity becomes a way to shrug off our responsibility. But charity is no solution to poverty. Charity only perpetuates poverty by taking the initiative away from the poor. Charity allows us to go ahead with our own lives without worrying about the lives of the poor. Charity appeases our consciences.”
― Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty
― Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty
“Is it possible that the relationship between humanity and evil is similar to the relationship between the ocean and an iceberg floating on its surface? Both the ocean and the iceberg are made of the same material. That the iceberg seems separate is only because it is in a different form. In reality, it is but a part of the vast ocean.…”
― The Three-Body Problem
― The Three-Body Problem
“Repeat, "YOU ARE OLD, FATHER WILLIAM,"' said the Caterpillar. Alice folded her hands, and began:— 'You are old, Father William,' the young man said, 'And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head— Do you think, at your age, it is right?' 'In my youth,' Father William replied to his son, 'I feared it might injure the brain; But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again and again.”
― Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
― Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
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