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There is nothing mind can do that cannot be better done in the mind's immobility and thought-free stillness. When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence. Sri Aurobindo
Thou mayest be sure that he that will in private tell thee of thy faults is thy friend, for he adventures thy dislike and hazards thy hatred; for there are few men that can endure it, every man for the most part delighting in self-praise, which is one of the most universal fallies that bewitcheth mankind Walter Raleigh
George Carlin quote: "Conservatives want live babies so they can train them to be..."
Conservatives want live babies so they can train them to be dead soldiers. George Carlin
Could it be because it reminds us that we are alive, of our mortality, of our individual souls- which, after all, we are too afraid to surrender but yet make us feel more miserable than any other thing? But isn't it also pain that often makes us most aware of self? It is a terrible thing to learn as a child that one is a being separate from the world, that no one and no thing hurts along with one's burned tongues and skinned knees, that one's aches and pains are all one’s own. Even more... Donna Tartt
Richard Wright quote: "The white folks like for us to be religious, then they can do..."
The white folks like for us to be religious, then they can do what they want to with us. Richard Wright
C. S. Lewis quote: "Nowhere in Chaucer do we find what can be called a radically..."
Nowhere in Chaucer do we find what can be called a radically allegorical poem. C. S. Lewis
The way to find out about our place in the universe is by examining the universe and by examining ourselves - without preconceptions, with as unbiased a mind as we can muster. Carl Sagan
Steven Wright quote: "I worked in a health food store once. A guy asked me, 'If I..."
I worked in a health food store once. A guy asked me, 'If I melt dry ice, can I take a bath without getting wet? Steven Wright
Mr. Wodehouse's idyllic world can never stale. He will continue to release future generations from captivity that may be more irksome than our own. He has made a world for us to live in and delight in. Evelyn Waugh
Stephen King quote: "God always punishes us for what we can't imagine."
God always punishes us for what we can't imagine. Stephen King
Billy Bragg quote: "Now that the space race is over and I can't help but feel that..."
Now that the space race is over and I can't help but feel that we have all grown up too soon. Billy Bragg
Every human being on the face of the earth has a steel plate in his head, but if you lie down now and then and get still as you can, it will slide open like elevator doors, letting in all the secret thoughts that have been standing around so patiently, pushing the button for a ride to the top. The real troubles in life happen when those hidden doors stay closed for too long. Sue Monk Kidd
Gustave Flaubert quote: "Do not imagine you can exorcise what oppresses you in life by..."
Do not imagine you can exorcise what oppresses you in life by giving vent to it in art. Gustave Flaubert
And do I look like the kind of man that can be intimidated?" barked Uncle Vernon."Well..." said Moody, pushing back his bowler hat to reveal his sinisterly revolving eye. Uncle Vernon lept backward in horror and collided painfully with a luggage trolley. "Yes, I'd have to say you do, Dursley. J. K. Rowling
Evil conquered?' said Gwydion. 'You have learned much, but learn this last and hardest of lessons. You have conquered only the enchantments of evil. That was the easiest of your tasks, only a beginning, not an ending. Do you believe evil itself to be so quickly overcome? Not so long as men still hate and slay each other, when greed and anger goad them. Against these even a flaming sword cannot prevail, but only that portion of good in all men's hearts whose flame can never be quenched. Lloyd Alexander

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