“Callous people who throw a lot of empty words at you, trying to force you to do what you don't want to . . . . Narrow minds devoid of imagination. Intolerance, theories cut off from reality, empty terminology, usurped ideals, inflexible systems.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“Only people who've been discriminated against can really know how much it hurts.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“Every class has a student like that, one who'll study what he needs to without supervision, who you know will one day attend a top college and get an excellent job. A child who's innately capable.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“It took me a long time to understand how systems inflict pain and hardship in people's lives and to learn that being kind in an unjust system is not enough.”— Sister Helen Prejean, twitter.com
“What’s always been asked of me Is to reach a bit higher than I’m able to The standards of the world is becoming like Everest The more I go towards the top, stress builds up like a mountain I know I can never rest”— Epik High, open.spotify.com
“The spirit of barter is everywhere. Honour and Chastity! Behold the complacent salesman retailing the Good and True. One can even buy a so-called Religion, which is really but common morality sanctified with flowers and music. Rob the Church of her accessories and what remains behind? Yet the trusts…”— Kakuzō Okakura, amazon.com
“Our standards of morality are begotten of the past needs of society, but is society to remain always the same?”— Kakuzō Okakura, amazon.com
“In ethics the Taoist railed at the laws and the moral codes of society, for to them right and wrong were but relative terms.”— Kakuzō Okakura, amazon.com
“How much do we not suffer through the constant failure of society to recognise this simple and fundamental law of art and life; Lichilai, a Sung poet, has sadly remarked that there were three most deplorable things in the world: the spoiling of fine youths through false education, the degradation of…”— Kakuzō Okakura, amazon.com
“We’re so quick to cut away pieces of ourselves to suit a particular relationship, a job, a circle of friends, incessantly editing who we are until we fit in.”— Charles de Lint, amazon.com