“The greatest difficulty we have faced is the neocolonial way of thinking that exists in this country. We were colonized by a country, France, that left us with certain habits. For us, being successful in life, being happy, meant trying to live as they do in France, like the richest of the French.” ThinkingWayTryingCountryCertainLeftSuccessfulHabitDifficultyFranceBeing SuccessfulWay Of Thinking Author:Thomas Sankara
“When I abandoned the smoking habit of more than three decades I was given a supposedly helpful pill called Wellbutrin. But as soon as I discovered that this was the brand name for an antidepressant, I tossed the bottle away. There may be successful methods for overcoming the blues but for me they cannot include a capsule that says: 'Fool yourself into happiness, while pretending not to do so.' I should actually want my mind to be strong enough to circumvent such a trick.” WantShouldMindMayEnoughThreeNamesStrongGivenSuccessfulFoolHabitOvercomingMethodDecadesTricksBrandsSmokingBeing SuccessfulHelpfulBottlesPretendingAbandonedPillsStrong EnoughAntidepressantsBrand Names Book:Hitch 22: A Memoir Source: Hitch 22: A Memoir
“It is indeed difficult to imagine how men who have entirely renounced the habit of managing their own affairs could be successful in choosing those who ought to lead them. It is impossible to believe that a liberal, energetic, and wise government can ever emerge from the ballots of a nation of servants.” MenBelieveGovernmentNationsDifficultSuccessfulWiseImagineImpossibleOughtHabitAffairServantBeing SuccessfulEnergeticBallots Author:Alexis de Tocqueville