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No faith other than what I create

The malady of indifference destroys many things

Good governance never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities of those who govern. The machinery of government is always subordinate to the will of those who administer that machinery. The most important element of government, therefore, is the method of choosing leaders.

Atrocity is recognized as such by victim and perpetrator alike, by all who learn about it at whatever remove. Atrocity has no excuses, no mitigating argument. Atrocity never balances or rectifies the past. Atrocity merely arms the future for more atrocity. It is self-perpetuating upon itself — a barbarous form of incest. Whoever commits atrocity also commits those future atrocities thus bred.

When something has to be done there’s always a way to do it

Do not rely on hope when there is action still to be taken

A few women wear stolas with their children’s names sewn into the clothing above the left breast, a proud proclamation of their contributions to the hierarchy. Their clothes are threadbare and stained otherwise.

Realisation of beauty in the inherent qualities not the value added

Piranesis vs The Other