SHUBHAM

“And I came to recognize that, no matter how difficult the reality, you mustn’t let yourself be beaten. You must have a strong will. You have to summon what you know is right from your innermost depths and follow it.”
― Masaji Ishikawa, A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea

“King immediately appreciated that Gandhi’s theory of nonviolent resistance was not a moralistic affirmation of love, as nonviolence had been in the teachings of Jesus. Instead it was a set of hardheaded tactics to prevail over an adversary by outwitting him rather than trying to annihilate him.”
― Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature: A History of Violence and Humanity

“The fact was, if you paid attention, people tried to persuade each other all the time. It was all they did.”
― Max Barry, Lexicon

“the descent was going to be more difficult than the ascent.”
― Jeffrey Archer, Paths of Glory