"Thus we use our supposed "knowledge" of others……" — Margaret George
"Thus we use our supposed "knowledge" of others to speak on their behalf, and condemn them for their words we ourselves put in their silent mouths."
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Margaret George
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28 Quotes by Margaret George
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We are always tortured by our memory of the last time we were with anyone, what we said, what we…
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Boredom is that awful state of inaction when the very medicine - that is, activity - which could solve it,…
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Kindness is stronger than iron bars.
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Hope is a straw hat hanging beside a window covered with frost.
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One always imagines that the days that change one’s life must be marked with something extraordinary in nature—storms and lightning,…
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It is only when our fate hangs in the balance, when our very life depends on something, that we see…
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We are more than our bodies, it is true; but we cannot be divorced from them. They are us, and…
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When he comes into a room, you give a little gasp, deep inside, far inside,' someone once said when trying…
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In my experience, there are two things that no one will admit to: having no sense of humor and being…
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What is one person's diversion may be another's supreme test.
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I had a desire to see something besides my own shores, if only to be content to return to them…
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The most wicked criminals have God on their lips at all times, for God is the only one who can…
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