Ali Alper

“People see violence as moral, not immoral: across the world and throughout history, more people have been murdered to mete out justice than to satisfy greed.”
― Steven Pinker, Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

“Success leads to the greatest failure, which is pride. Failure leads to the greatest success, which is humility and learning.”
― David Brooks, The Road to Character

“We are creatures made as much by art as by experience and what we read in books is the sum of both.”
― Andy Miller, The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books (and Two Not-So-Great Ones) Saved My Life

“You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.” Sara looked directly into his eyes. “If nothing else, you need to remember that. You can’t erase history, or change it. It would be like destroying yourself.”
― Haruki Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage