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Quotation Of The Day

Post by sarcasm » 18 Feb 2021, 10:07

Share your daily quotes please ..................

I will start : )

"History should be taught as the history of the rise of civilization, and not as the history of this nation or that. It should be taught from the point of view of mankind as a whole, and not with undue emphasis upon one’s own country. Children should learn that every country has committed crimes and that most crimes were blunders. They should learn how mass hysteria can drive a whole nation into folly and into persecution of the few who are not swept away by the prevailing madness."

― Bertrand Russell 1872 - 1970 (British philosopher and Historian - Nobel laureate)

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Re: Quotation Of The Day

Post by sarcasm » 19 Feb 2021, 15:36

"I do believe that, where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence... I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honour than that she should, in a cowardly manner, become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonor.

But I believe that nonviolence is infinitely superior to violence, forgiveness is more manly than punishment. Forgiveness adorns a soldier...But abstinence is forgiveness only when there is the power to punish; it is meaningless when it pretends to proceed from a helpless creature....

But I do not believe India to be helpless....I do not believe myself to be a helpless creature....Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

We do want to drive out the beast in the man, but we do not want on that account to emasculate him. And in the process of finding his own status, the beast in him is bound now and again to put up his ugly appearance.

The world is not entirely governed by logic. Life itself involves some kind of violence and we have to choose the path of least violence."

Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)





"ሎሚ ብጉምብሕ-ጉምብሕ ክንከይድ እንተ ድኣ ተቐቢልና፡ ጽባሕ ድማ ብበጠ-በጥ ክንከይድ ከገድዱና'ዮም!" - ስዩም ዑ/ሚካኤል (ስዩም ሓረስታይ)

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Re: Quotation Of The Day

Post by Asmara » 19 Feb 2021, 16:00

"I would rather spend 1 hour chatting with Isaias Afwerki than reading 10 books", late Meles Zenawi.

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Re: Quotation Of The Day

Post by ZEMEN » 19 Feb 2021, 16:06

sarcasm wrote:
19 Feb 2021, 15:36
"I do believe that, where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence... I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honour than that she should, in a cowardly manner, become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonor.

But I believe that nonviolence is infinitely superior to violence, forgiveness is more manly than punishment. Forgiveness adorns a soldier...But abstinence is forgiveness only when there is the power to punish; it is meaningless when it pretends to proceed from a helpless creature....

But I do not believe India to be helpless....I do not believe myself to be a helpless creature....Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

We do want to drive out the beast in the man, but we do not want on that account to emasculate him. And in the process of finding his own status, the beast in him is bound now and again to put up his ugly appearance.

The world is not entirely governed by logic. Life itself involves some kind of violence and we have to choose the path of least violence."

Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)





"ሎሚ ብጉምብሕ-ጉምብሕ ክንከይድ እንተ ድኣ ተቐቢልና፡ ጽባሕ ድማ ብበጠ-በጥ ክንከይድ ከገድዱና'ዮም!" - ስዩም ዑ/ሚካኤል (ስዩም ሓረስታይ)
"The roots of all suffering are attachment"
Look how the Tigryans are suffering. TPLF did nothing good for them but because they were attached and the are suffering immensely.

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Re: Quotation Of The Day

Post by sarcasm » 20 Feb 2021, 10:34

“...things get broken, and sometimes they get repaired, and in most cases, you realize that no matter what gets damaged, life rearranges itself to compensate for your loss, sometimes wonderfully.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

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Re: Quotation Of The Day

Post by sarcasm » 22 Feb 2021, 22:22





ቓል ኣቦና ኣድሓኖም ገብረማርያም።

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Re: Quotation Of The Day

Post by sarcasm » 24 Feb 2021, 19:37

"Should it happen that a strong Government finds it may with impunity destroy a weak people, then the hour strikes for that weak people to appeal to the League of Nations to give its judgment in all freedom. God and history will remember your judgment."

Haile Selassie I

(APPEAL TO THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS, June 1936)

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Re: Quotation Of The Day

Post by sarcasm » 01 Mar 2021, 20:43

"ስለ ልዩነት እየሰበከ ከሚያዳክመን መንግስት ፤ ለአንድነት እያወራ ወደ ወደሚበትነን መንግስት ተሸጋግረናል።"

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Re: Quotation Of The Day

Post by sarcasm » 02 Mar 2021, 18:44

“ሰው ማለት ሰው የጠፋ እለት ሰው ሆኖ መገኘት ነው!“ ደጃዝማች በላይ ዘለቀ

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Re: Quotation Of The Day

Post by sarcasm » 12 Mar 2021, 17:18

“Some countries are born independent. Some achieve independence. Singapore had independence thrust upon it.“
Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s first Prime Minister

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Re: Quotation Of The Day

Post by sarcasm » 16 Mar 2021, 20:07

“In a room where
people unanimously maintain
a conspiracy of silence,
one word of truth
sounds like a pistol shot.”
― Czesław Miłosz

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Re: Quotation Of The Day

Post by sarcasm » 17 Mar 2021, 21:40

"How do you do it?" said night
"How do you wake and shine?"
"I keep it simple." said light
"One day at a time"

Lemn Sissay



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Re: Quotation Of The Day

Post by sarcasm » 29 Nov 2021, 10:05

"One of the most pathetic--and dangerous--signs of our times is the growing number of individuals and groups who believe that no one can possibly disagree with them for any honest reason."

Thomas Sowell

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Re: Quotation Of The Day

Post by sarcasm » 31 May 2022, 08:32

Which one is Isiaias and which one is Abiy?


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