All Quotes By Tag: Betrayal
“a person who tries to use reasoning to explain faith gets lost in the wilderness of incomprehension.”
“The purpose of life is to nurture joy, which involves those aspects of humanity that enrich the soul.”
“It was one thing to be fooled, and another thing to be taken for a fool all the time.”
“Love and hate when stretched to their extremes blind reasoning.”
“He learned…never to show his anger or hatred against a stronger adversary, for fear of being crushed.”
“A nationalist will blindly follow his country to his death out of love for it. A patriot will stand up for and even against his country to his death out of love for it.”
“We are truly human when we live for a purpose far above ourselves; but most people prefer to identify with an entity for the sake of belonging; thereby subjecting themselves to the spirit of collective selfishness that is only found in groups.”
“The people’s hero does not only have to be someone in possession of the scepter of power. It can be anyone capable of giving unity, prosperity, security, peace and a sense of worthiness to his people. Such a figure gets elevated to the status of a revered hero with the human touch if he imparts a sense of oneness on a multi-racial, multi-ethnic and multi-religious group; especially a diverse people who have been fighting one another for years and centuries…”
“…There is no greater dividing force in this world than self-interest…”
“What is the purpose of achieving your dream if the people you had dreamed your achievements for are no longer there to reap the benefits?”
“We always emerge from the death of a loved one like a phoenix arising from its funeral pyre.”
“When somebody you love dies, a phase of life’s innocence dies with that person, and a part of you dies as well.”
“Societies and people that come close to being happy are those that do well in narrowing the disparity between their desires and their needs, especially the material things of life.”
“In the world of today, human desires far supersede human needs. Waste, as you can see, is the result of all of those contradictions. That is how we ended up complicating our world.”
“Judgments based on preconceptions make life simple for us to deal with since that means we safely shield ourselves behind barriers of preconception that helped us feel safe in whatever views or assumptions we are having.”