“Who can attain to anything great if he does not feel in himself the force and will to inflict great pain? The ability to suffer is a small matter: in that line, weak women and even slaves often attain masterliness. But not to perish from internal distress and doubt when one inflicts great suffering and hears the cry of it that is great, that belongs to greatness.” IfsFeelsDoeMatterPainSufferingForceLinesAbilityDoubtCryGreatnessWeakSlaveInternalsDistressWeak Women Book:The Gay Science Source: The Gay Science
“Victory [over homophobia] may require five or maybe 20 years. Yet I have no doubt that "don't ask, don't tell" and same-sex adoption bans will be as unspeakable and inexplicable to my grandchildren as counting a slave as three-fifths of a human being.” YearsHumansMayThreeAsksSexHuman BeingsDoubtFiveVictorySlaveNo DoubtAdoptionGrandchildrenCountingBansHomophobiaUnspeakableInexplicableMy Grandchildren Author:Jacob M. Appel
“I do not doubt but the majest and beauty of the world are latent in any iota of the world; I do not doubt there is far more in trivialities, insects, vulgar persons, slaves, dwarfs, weeds, rejected refuse than I have supposed.” WorldPersonsDoubtSlaveRefuseWeedRejectedVulgarInsectsDwarfsLatentTrivialityBeauty Of The World Book:Leaves of Grass Source: Leaves of Grass
“Puzzlement and doubt are, however, already crimes in the totalitarian state. The mind that is open for questions is open for dissent. In the totalitarian regime the doubting, inquisitive, and imaginative mind has to be suppressed. The totalitarian slave is only allowed to memorize, to salivate when the bell rings.” MindStatesDoubtCrimeSlaveRingsRegimesBellsImaginativeDissentInquisitiveTotalitarian StateTotalitarian Regimes Author:Joost Meerloo