Anas El

“Because cruelty is made easier by hypocrisy and self-deception, they are bound to stand high on the list of vices that begins with cruelty.”
― Judith Shklar

“The fates of people and of states, of entire civilizations, can depend on whether an extraordinary person can bring forth the proper strength of soul and action. Normal minds and spirits, no matter how numerous, cannot replace such a person.”
― Jacob Burckhardt

“Only the boldest Utopians would dream of the economy of kindness.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Aphorisms on Love and Hate

“Who suffers more? After a personal disagreement and quarrel between a woman and a man, the one party suffers most at the thought of having hurt the other; while that other party suffers most at the thought of not having hurt the first enough; for which reason it tries by tears, sobs, and contorted features, to weigh down the other person’s heart, even afterwards”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Aphorisms on Love and Hate