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“A lion does not flinch at laughter coming from a hyena.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“It is very normal for one ugly weed to not want to stand alone.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“A gorilla does not budge from a banana thrown at it by a monkey.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“REMEMBER THE LOTUS FLOWER

Great people will always be mocked by those
Who feel smaller than them.
A lion does not flinch at laughter coming from a hyena.
A gorilla does not budge from a banana thrown at it by a monkey.
A nightingale does not stop singing its beautiful song
At the intrusion of an annoying woodpecker.
Whenever you should doubt your self-worth, remember the lotus flower.
Even though it plunges to life from beneath the mud,
It does not allow the dirt that surrounds it
To affect its growth or beauty.
Be that lotus flower always.
Do not allow any negativity or ugliness
In your surroundings,
Destroy your confidence,
Affect your growth,
Or make you question your self-worth.
It is very normal for one ugly weed
To not want to stand alone.
Remember this always.
If you were ugly,
Or just as small as they feel they are,
Then they would not feel so bitter and envious
Each and every time they are forced
To glance up at magnificently
Divine YOU.

REMEMBER THE LOTUS FLOWER by Suzy Kassem”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“Ridicule is a terrible witherer of the flower of the imagination. It binds us where we should be free.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art

“Foolish people laugh at things they do not understand, producing the sound of braying donkeys.”
― Wayne Gerard Trotman

“The right to be ridiculous is something I hold dear.”
― Bono

“Some skeptics believe religious people are religious because they fear Hell. It's about as fair as saying skeptics are skeptics because they fear the ridicule of modern society.”
― Criss Jami, Healology

“There is nothing in human affairs that is a true subject for ridicule. Beneath comedy lies the ferment of tragedy; the farcical is but a cloak for coming catastrophe.”
― Gabriel Chevallier, Clochemerle

“All of this evokes the dicta of successful historic propagandists described earlier. From Alinsky's Rules for Radicals:
>"Ridicule is man's most potent weapon."
>"Keep the pressure on. Never let up."
> "development of operations that will keep a constant pressure on the opposition."
>"Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it."
>"Not every item of news should be published. Rather must those who control news policies endeavor to make every item of news serve a certain purpose."
>"Propaganda must facilitate the displacement of aggression by specifying the targets for hatred.”
― Sharyl Attkisson, The Smear: How the Secret Art of Character Assassination Controls What You Think, What You Read, and How You Vote

“When I was young, I thought I was a bird at one time. Then they told me I can't fly, so I stopped flying.”
― Anthony Liccione

“I was laughed at by everyone upon every occasion. But no one knew or guessed that if there was a man on this earth who knew better than anyone how ridiculous I was, that man was myself, and that was the thing that I found most exasperating of all, that they did not know it.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, A Gentle Creature and Other Stories

“Mock and ridicule men who refuse to use reason and logic; use reason and logic against men who know only how to mock and ridicule.”
― Criss Jami, Healology

“If we’re saying ‘noâ€� to God, have we considered what we’re saying ‘yesâ€� to?”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“We had to do something [in Bush v. Gore], because countries were laughing at us. France was laughing at us.”
― Antonin Scalia, The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court

“Every day the material world mistreats me. My sensibility is like a flame in the wind. I walk down the street and I see in the faces of the passers-by, not their real expressions, but the expressions they would wear if they knew about my life and how I am, if the ridiculous, timid abnormality of my soul were made transparent in my gestures and in my face. In the eyes that avoid mine I suspect a mockery I find only natural, aimed at the inelegant exception I represent in a world that takes pleasure in things and in activity and, in the depths of these passing physiognomies, I imagine and interpose an awareness of the timid nature of my life that sparks off guffaws of laughter. After thinking this, I try in vain to convince myself that I alone am the source of this idea of other people's mockery and mild opprobrium. But once objectified in others, I can no longer reclaim the image of myself as a figure of fun. I feel myself grow suddenly vague and hesitant in a hothouse rife with ridicule and animosity. From the depths of their soul, everyone points a finger at me. Everyone who passes stones me with merry insolence. I walk amongst enemy ghosts that my sick imagination has conjured up and planted inside real people. Everything jabs and jeers at me. And sometimes, in the middle of the road - unobserved, after all - I stop and hesitate, seeking a sudden new dimension, a door onto the interior of space, onto the other side of space, where without delay I might flee my awareness of other people, my too objective intuition of the reality of other people's living souls.”
― Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition

“We must be passionate and controlled but not reckless. Truth is not established by shame, guilt, or coercion or tribalism. It must be established by reason, evidence, presentation, compassion, and yes, faith. It cannot be established by ridicule, mocking, or insults of sacred icons or traditions but by disproving them or establishing their lack or veracity or usefulness.”
― Leviak B. Kelly, The Leprechaun Delusion

“Ridicule is a terrible witherer of the flower of imagination. It binds us where we should be free.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art

“Some things are made funny to some people by their ignorance.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“If you’ve ever done anything extraordinary in your life, always remember, no amount of ridicule can ever rob you of your achievements.”
― Wayne Gerard Trotman

“Get your head out of your ass, you already reek of hypocrisy, so why add notes to the fragrance?”
― J.S. Mason, The Stork Ate My Brother...And Other Totally Believable Stories

“Insults, Mocking and ridicule and not constructive criticism have no place in a peaceful resolution. These things are far from putting down the bow, uniting humanity, and lifting the veil of ignorance. If we are to be faithful to the truth we must tear down the curtain to the Holy of Holies in our own ideological temples and admit our errors in logic.”
― Leviak B. Kelly, The Leprechaun Delusion

“Mockery developed as a conformity enforcer [...] A good dose of mockery can still shut down critical thinking and make us fall right in line.”
― Cracked.com, You Might Be a Zombie and Other Bad News

“Unlike the world that points out your flaws to ridicule you, when GOD point out your flaws, it's because He want to walk you out of it.”
― TemitOpe Ibrahim

“Shyness is a safety mechanism to save you from the fear of being wrong, and the ridicule that comes along with it. As human beings, we crave love, acceptance, and belonging. As part of this, we fear the opposite: shame and ridicule. If we lack confidence in ourselves, we constantly fear this—and seek external validation.”
― JOEL ANNESLEY, Quiet Confidence: Breaking Up With Shyness

“When men allow other people to ridicule, laugh and jeer at the truth, that cannot but bring sorrow to the heart of God”
― Sunday Adelaja

“Unlike the world that points out your flaws to ridicule you, when GOD points out your flaws, it's because He want to walk you out of it.”
― TemitOpe Ibrahim

“On a social level, secularism is safe. As literally the world's most fundamental conformist, the secularist wants to call himself a revolutionary all in the same. In most parts of the present world, rebellion against Christianity is not really much of a rebellion if one is to consider 'rebellion' something of a courageous sort or a bold act. Long ago Christ was crucified, and in some form or another, to this day, the scorn continues for 'little Christs'. The world hates Christians, and according to Christ, it is supposed to hate Christians. A true Christianity is a true rebellion; and for one to be 'freed from Christianity' is for one to religiously conform to the pressures of the rest of the world, for one to be freed from freedom.”
― Criss Jami, Healology

“I think that the most politically correct finger-pointing that anyone can ever do is to finger-point while standing in front of a really big mirror.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Although I’m a bit tentative about it all, I would like to say that if my death saved your life I would gladly engage in such an exchange. But if I must make that exchange knowing that you are likely to reject it, and that you will turn on it and brutally ridicule it until the beauty of my sacrifice is altogether destroyed, I cannot imagine taking such an action. Yet, God does that every single day.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough