If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will be in the thought and the action of the assassins, not in my dying.
Indira GandhiRead
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
Interpretation
You cannot engage in meaningful relationships or dialogue while being closed off or defensive.
This quote emphasizes the importance of openness and willingness to engage in communication. It suggests that collaboration, understanding, and peace cannot be achieved if one maintains a closed or defensive posture, symbolized by a 'clenched fist'. Instead, it advocates for reaching out and being receptive to others, implying that genuine connection often requires vulnerability.
In practice
In a business negotiation, remember that you cannot shake hands with a clenched fist; approach the discussion with openness.
If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will be in the thought and the action of the assassins, not in my dying.
All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.
The power to question is the basis of all human progress.
My father was a statesman, I'm a political woman. My father was a saint. I'm not.
People with clenched fists can not shake hands.
A nation' s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.
Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers. Remember when you're talkin' to the man upstairs; that just because he doesn't answer doesn't mean he don't care. Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers
Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.
...she moved about in a mental cloud of many-coloured idealities, which eclipsed all sinister contingencies by its brightness.
Home is the center of life. It's the wellspring of personhood. It's where we say we're ourselves.
Speech has both an individual and a social side, and we cannot conceive of one without the other.
So in 1987 I gave up all animal products and became a vegan. Simply so that I could eat and live in accordance with my beliefs that animals have their own lives, that they're entitled to their own lives and that contributing to animal suffering is something that I don't want to be a part of.
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