Gary Monro’s blog

The holders of authority…are so ready to spare us all sort of troubles, except those of obeying and paying!

They will say to us: “what, in the end, is the aim of your efforts, the motive of your labours, the object of all your hopes? Is it not happiness? Well, leave this happiness to us and we shall give it to you.”

No, Sirs, we must not leave it to them. No matter how touching such a tender commitment may be, let us ask the authorities to keep within their limits. Let them confine themselves to being just. We shall assume the responsibility of being happy for ourselves’.

Benjamin Constant

Let no man turn aside, ever so slightly, from the broad path of honour, on the plausible pretence that he is justified by the goodness of his end. All good ends can be worked out by good means.

— Charles Dickens (1812-1870) English Novelist

So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men.

Voltaire.

In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

George Orwell

In life, whatever you think, whatever you conclude, whatever you say and whatever you choose to do - or choose not to do - you achieve something. You get a result. You might not like the result you get but you get one. It’s impossible not to.

Elevated Life blog

It’s so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite.

Sam Levenson

You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them.

— Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) American Publisher

Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.

Jawaharlal Nehru

It is better to err in forgiving than to err in punishment.

The Prophet Muhammad