my favorite quotes
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation
Oscar Wilde
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free
Goethe
The pioneers of a warless world are the youth that refuse military service
Albert Einstein
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect)
Mark Twain
One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter
Gerald Seymour (1975 book Harry’s Game)
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
Napoleon Bonaparte
You can ignore reality, but you cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.
Ayn Rand
The earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.
Mahatma Gandhi