“You don't actually lay the foundation for a better society, you are the foundation for a better society, for a humane society.”
Source: Dervish Advaitam: Gospel of Sacred Feminines and Holy Fathers
“Very few men attain enough of human knowledge to be fully aware how much remains to be learned, and of that which they never can hope to acquire.”
Source: The Sea Lions Or The Lost Sealers
“They shift the blame rather than taking the responsibility for their wrongs. Those under witchcraft’s control think they never do anything wrong. When caught they say there is nothing for which to repent. They tell you directly, “I haven’t done anything wrong” or “I did what I thought was right. I don’t have anything to feel sorry about.” They never manifest any true repentance or humility.”
Source: How Witchcraft Spirits Attack
“Imma send you from venue to venue, from stage to stage, and from page to page. You'll just get better with age.”
Source: Hills And Valleys and the Spiritual Warfare in Between
“Arrogance gives confidence … a bad name.”
“Arrogance is the slow poison that eventually kills the knowledge.”
“When the going gets weird, the weird turn professional.”
Source: Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72
“The Little War?
How can there be
a little war?
Are some deaths
smaller than others,
leaving mothers
who weep
a little less?”
Source: The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom
“To understand the world you must start by saying, I know nothing. To serve the world you must start by saying, I am nothing.”
Source: Mucize Insan: When The World is Family
“Believing in God makes one humble … and arrogant: those who do give their actions and their abilities way less credit than they really deserve, and are inevitably left with the unshakable belief that they are way more important to life than they actually are.”
Source: F for Philosopher: A Collection of Funny Yet Profound Aphorisms