Posts tagged with ‘Quotes’


Useful Quotes Resisting Corporate, Congressional, Police State, Judicial, or Oval Office Tyranny
Gary G. Kohls, MD | Duty to Warn – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 15th, 2024 (TRANSCEND MEMBERS | No Comments »)
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Sujata - TRANSCEND Media Service
January 24th, 2022 (INSPIRATIONAL | Comments Off on Detachment)
“Nothing in the world can bother you as much as your own mind…”
Dalai Lama – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 17th, 2022 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | 1 Comment »)
“If you want to build a ship, don’t herd people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 10th, 2022 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “If you want to build a ship, don’t herd people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.”)
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”
Socrates – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 3rd, 2022 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”)
“People don’t resist change. They resist being changed.”
Peter Senge – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 27th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “People don’t resist change. They resist being changed.”)
“The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.”
Karl Marx – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 20th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | 1 Comment »)
“Folks, I don’t trust children. They’re here to replace us.”
Stephen Colbert – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 13th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “Folks, I don’t trust children. They’re here to replace us.”)
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
Leo Tolstoy – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 6th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”)
“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.”
Oprah Winfrey – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 29th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.”)
“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one that has opened for us.”
Alexander Graham Bell – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 22nd, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | 1 Comment »)
“Instead of thinking outside the box, get rid of the box.”
Deepak Chopra – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 15th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “Instead of thinking outside the box, get rid of the box.”)
“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”
Mahatma Gandhi - TRANSCEND Media Service
November 8th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”)
“Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.”
Lao-Tzu – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 1st, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.”)
“Be a bush if you can’t be a tree. If you can’t be a highway, just be a trail. If you can’t be a sun, be a star. For it isn’t by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are.”
Martin Luther King, Jr. – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 25th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “Be a bush if you can’t be a tree. If you can’t be a highway, just be a trail. If you can’t be a sun, be a star. For it isn’t by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are.”)
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 18th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”)
“The further away you are from a problem the more likely you think you have a solution.”
Popular Proverb – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 11th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “The further away you are from a problem the more likely you think you have a solution.”)
“Avoid the tyranny of the law. Obedience keeps the rules, but love knows when to break them.”
Anthony de Mello – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 4th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “Avoid the tyranny of the law. Obedience keeps the rules, but love knows when to break them.”)
“A man who doesn’t read the newspaper is uninformed. A man who reads the newspaper is misinformed.”
Mark Twain – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 27th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “A man who doesn’t read the newspaper is uninformed. A man who reads the newspaper is misinformed.”)
“A newly married couple asked a wise man: ‘What shall we do to make our love endure?’ He answered: ‘Love other things together.’”
Anthony de Mello – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 20th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “A newly married couple asked a wise man: ‘What shall we do to make our love endure?’ He answered: ‘Love other things together.’”)
“After 20 years, mainstream media still only focus on the suffering of the United States and never on the victims of the response to 9/11: The US Global War on Terror. It’s simply disgraceful.”
Jan Oberg, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 13th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “After 20 years, mainstream media still only focus on the suffering of the United States and never on the victims of the response to 9/11: The US Global War on Terror. It’s simply disgraceful.”)
“Those who can give up essential liberty for a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
Benjamin Franklin – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 6th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | 1 Comment »)
“If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.”
Harry Truman – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 30th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.”)
“Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.”
Henry David Thoreau – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 23rd, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.”)
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”
Abraham Lincoln – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 16th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”)
“Tell me how you behave in any given conflict; I will tell you how much peace culture you have.”
Prof. Johan Galtung - TRANSCEND Media Service
August 9th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “Tell me how you behave in any given conflict; I will tell you how much peace culture you have.”)
“The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it.”
Henry Ford – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 2nd, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it.”)
“Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.”
Babe Ruth – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 26th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.”)
“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”
Albert Einstein – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 19th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”)
“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science/technology gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
Isaac Asimov – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 12th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “The saddest aspect of life right now is that science/technology gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”)
“Governments are vassals of Bankism and Military Capitalism, the Mafia that controls human affairs through Cyber-information manipulation.”
Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 5th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “Governments are vassals of Bankism and Military Capitalism, the Mafia that controls human affairs through Cyber-information manipulation.”)
“In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets, and steal loaves of bread.”
Anatole France – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 28th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets, and steal loaves of bread.”)
“And still, after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, ‘You owe Me.’ Look what happens with a love like that, it lights the Whole Sky.”
Hafiz – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 21st, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “And still, after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, ‘You owe Me.’ Look what happens with a love like that, it lights the Whole Sky.”)
“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 14th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”)
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”
Maya Angelou – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 7th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”)
“Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward. If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down.”
Roy T. Bennett | The Light in the Heart – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 31st, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward. If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down.”)
“Tell me how you behave in conflict. I will tell you how much peace culture you have.”
Prof. Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “Tell me how you behave in conflict. I will tell you how much peace culture you have.”)
“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | The Little Prince – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 17th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”)
“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
Andre Gide | Autumn Leaves – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 10th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | 2 Comments »)
“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow. Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead. Walk beside me… just be my friend.”
Albert Camus, Nobel Literature Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 3rd, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow. Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead. Walk beside me… just be my friend.”)
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
Maya Angelou – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 26th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”)
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
Oscar Wilde – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 19th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”)
“It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.”
Socrates – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 12th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.”)
“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor, it must be demanded by the oppressed.”
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 5th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor, it must be demanded by the oppressed.”)
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
Martin Luther King, Jr - TRANSCEND Media Service
March 29th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”)
“Everything we face, we may not be able to change, but it is certain that what is not faced can never be changed.”
James Baldwin – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 22nd, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “Everything we face, we may not be able to change, but it is certain that what is not faced can never be changed.”)
Q: “If conflict is an inherent aspect of life, how do we know when we’ve achieved positive peace?”
Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 15th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on Q: “If conflict is an inherent aspect of life, how do we know when we’ve achieved positive peace?”)
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”
Buckminster Fuller – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 8th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”)
“To me, peace is something we create and often in new ways, not to be frozen into a handbook of law–although the law could also be useful as one guide among many.”
Prof. Johan Galtung - TRANSCEND Media Service
February 22nd, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “To me, peace is something we create and often in new ways, not to be frozen into a handbook of law–although the law could also be useful as one guide among many.”)
“God does not play dice.”
Albert Einstein – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 15th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “God does not play dice.”)
“There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.”
Mahatma Gandhi – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 8th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.”)
“Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.”
Albert Einstein - TRANSCEND Media Service
February 1st, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.”)
“The best warriors do not use violence. The best tacticians try to avoid confrontation. The best businessmen serve the communal good. The best leaders become servants of their people…”
Lao Tzu | Tao Te Ching – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 25th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “The best warriors do not use violence. The best tacticians try to avoid confrontation. The best businessmen serve the communal good. The best leaders become servants of their people…”)
“We’ve arranged a global civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.”
Carl Sagan - TRANSCEND Media Service
January 18th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “We’ve arranged a global civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.”)
“The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants.”
Albert Camus, Nobel Literature Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 11th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants.”)
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. Those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
C.S. Lewis – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 4th, 2021 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. Those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.)
Ideology – that is what gives the evildoing its long-sought justification and gives the evildoer the necessary steadfastness and determination.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 28th, 2020 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on Ideology – that is what gives the evildoing its long-sought justification and gives the evildoer the necessary steadfastness and determination.)
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
Benjamin Franklin - TRANSCEND Media Service
December 21st, 2020 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.”)
“Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, one by one.”
Charles Mackay - TRANSCEND Media Service
December 14th, 2020 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, one by one.”)
“It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.”
Mark Twain - TRANSCEND Media Service
December 7th, 2020 (MEMORABLE QUOTES | Comments Off on “It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.”)