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“No one listens, for pride, envy, and avarice
are three sparks that kindle in men's hearts
and sets them burning.”
― Dante Alighieri, The Inferno

“I know of no better life purpose than to perish attempting the great and impossible. The fact that something seems impossible should not be a reason to not pursue it. That’s exactly what makes it worth pursuing. Where would the courage and greatness be if success was certain and there was no risk. The only true failure is shrinking away from life’s challenges.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“The problem is not only with what’s right and wrong but the problem is with who decides about what’s right and wrong.”
― Zaman Ali, MORALITY An Individual Dilemma

“The history of interactions among disparate peoples is what shaped the modern world through conquest, epidemics, and genocide. Those collisions created reverberations that have still not died down after many centuries, and that are actively continuing in some of the world’s most troubled areas today.”
― Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies