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Muriel Lester is an individual whose identity and profession remain unclear. Born on February 11, 1968, details about her life and achievements are limited.

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“No sauce equals appetite.”

Eating Appetite Sauce

Book:It Occurred to Me

Source: It Occurred to Me

“It is a fact, however, that there is no rest for the wicked.”

Facts Evil Wicked

Author:Muriel Lester

“I was trying to make them face their fears. Youth spends so much energy trying to forget them. There's the fear of failure in examinations, fear of sex, fear of not getting a job, fear of unpopularity, fear of appearing naïve. Youth discovers many bunkholes in which to hide when frightened. They are mostly unhealthy, none of them bombproof.”

Trying Jobs Faces Energy Sex Fear Forget Youth Frightened Examination Fear Of Failure Unhealthy Appearing

Author:Muriel Lester

“How insensitive, inartistic, unscientific, and ungracious it is to take anything for granted!”

Wonder Gratitude Granted Insensitive

Book:It Occurred to Me

Source: It Occurred to Me

“how ridiculous we often are in our negations, our strutting self importance, our penchant for making labels and sticking them on people. As though labelling a person disposed of him!”

People Persons Self Names Importance Ridiculous Labels Negation Self-importance Strutting

Book:It Occurred to Me

Source: It Occurred to Me

“once your eyes get opened to pacifism, you can't shut them again. Once you see it, you can't unsee it. You may bitterly regret the fact that you happen to be one of the tiny minority of the human race who have caught this angle of vision, but you can't help it.”

Humans May Facts Helping Happens Eye Peace Race Vision Regret Caught Tiny Human Race Minorities Angle Pacifism

Book:It Occurred to Me

Source: It Occurred to Me

“Consider yourself not ready to start the day, ill equipped, unprepared to mix with your fellows, until you have spent at least fifteen minutes in prayer. Count it as much a social necessity as washing.”

Social Prayer Minutes Ready Fellows Ill Fifteen Washing Not Ready Unprepared Start The Day

Author:Muriel Lester

“Publicity is the only thing some people fear. An aroused public opinion has been the cause of most reforms. Telling the truth is perhaps the pacifist's only weapon. Over and over again, even the suggestion that one may publish the facts has changed a scornful, bullying opponent into an almost subservient helper. But how dangerous it is!”

Source: It Occurred to Me

“It's obvious that five days is just enough to give one a false impression of any country.”

Giving Country Enough Five Travel Obvious Impression

Author:Muriel Lester

“The first casualty in every war is truth.”

Firsts War Truth Casualties

Book:Gandhi, World Citizen

Source: Gandhi, World Citizen

“a victor's peace is usually vindictive and stirs up a passion for revenge a generation or so later.”

War Passion Generations Revenge Vindictive Victor's

Book:It Occurred to Me

Source: It Occurred to Me

“Spying is always an expensive method of acquiring information.”

Information Method Expensive

Author:Muriel Lester

“Given is the word. Given publicly, on the first Good Friday, on a hill, in the sight of all, was the visible demonstration of the only permanent way to overcome evil. Human nature demands something more enduring than the unquiet equilibrium of rival powers.”

Way Firsts Humans Evil Given Human Nature Demand Overcoming Sight Endure Hills Permanent Visible Friday Rivals Demonstration Equilibrium Good Friday

Book:It So Happened

Source: It So Happened

About the Author

Died: February 11, 1968
Known for: Author
Quotes: 13

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