Aphorisms
“The concept of virtue differs from person to person. Some
may find excessiveness in what another finds
appropriate.”
“The culminating point of my life will be when I realize
that not all the mistakes I have made have been in vain.”
“The culture of oppression is a vicious cycle.”
“The culture of oppression is hard to break as long as the
same ‘structures’ remain; the culture of oppression will
prevail. It should go with its structures.”
“The cure for everything is saltwater. Sweat, tears, or the
sea.”
“The darker the night, the brighter the stars, the deeper
the grief, the closer is God!”
“The darkest hour is before dawn.”
“The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect he
becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he
becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes
wise.”
“The day we can bio-engineer a boiled egg to its raw form
is the day we can rescue the world.”
“The dead exist in the past . . . and I must tend to the
future.”
“The deceptive thing about emotions is that they are
choices. Not always the initiation of them, but certainly
the continuation of them.”
“The decisions that I make in my life may not be wise, it
may not be good for me but in the end of the day I’ve
learned what I put myself through and I’ll be stronger
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