#cult

Xenophobia manifests itself especially against civilizations and cultures that are weak because they lack economic resources, means of subsistence or land. So nomadic people are the first targets of this kind of aggression. ↗

— Antonio Tabucchi

#aggression #because #civilizations #cultures #economic

It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure. ↗

— Tacitus

#difficult #less #misfortunes #pleasure #remain

Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure. ↗

— Tacitus

#difficult #less #measure #misfortune #pleasure

Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

#disturb #every #ghost #later #over

Every time we had a hot war going on in Asia, it was difficult for Asian Americans here. ↗

— George Takei

#asian #difficult #every #every time #going

Ireland, Italy and Brazil are the most musical places for me. They're extremely musical cultures and anything you pitch they basically catch. ↗

— James Taylor

#basically #brazil #catch #cultures #extremely

Moral values, and a culture and a religion, maintaining these values are far better than laws and regulations. ↗

— Swami Sivananda

#culture #far #laws #maintaining #moral

I spent two months in Fredericksburg, Texas, when I was 8, while my father shot a movie, and I loved it. I just embraced the whole cowboy culture. I got myself a pair of awesome boots and a cowboy hat. ↗

— Alexander Skarsgard

#boots #cowboy #cowboy hat #culture #embraced

In these difficult financial times for so many of our districts, as our local leaders strive to balance their budgets by cutting services, we would be irresponsible not to invest in the arts. ↗

— Louise Slaughter

#balance #budgets #cutting #difficult #districts

For families across the UK who are income-poor, but more than that, whose lives are blighted by worklessness, educational failure, family breakdown, problem debt and poor health, as well as other problems, giving them an extra pound - say through increased benefits - will not address the reason they find themselves in difficulty in the first place. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#address #benefits #breakdown #debt #difficulty