"Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others."

-- Ignatius of Loyola

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“There can only be one answer to this hideous act of jihad against the staff of Charlie Hebdo. It is the obligation of the Western media and Western leaders, religious and lay, to protect the most basic rights of freedom of expression, whether in satire on any other form. The West must not appease, it must not be silenced. We must send a united message to the terrorists: Your violence cannot destroy our soul.”
“The cure for the sin of envy and jealousy is to find our contentment in God”
“But the revolutions and changes which are responsible for the present state of the earth are not limited to the upsetting of the ancient strata and to the ebbing of the sea after the formations of new layers.”
“Whatever happens in the country, whatever warfare harasses our land, we will never relinquish our hold on Western learning. As long as this school of ours stands, Japan remains a civilized nation of the world.”

Source : Yukichi Fukuzawa, Eiichi Kiyooka (1966). “The Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa”, p.211, Columbia University Press
“Developing wisdom in community is to constantly learn and relearn that expedience in the short term - whether for efficiency or profitability - can lead to disasters in the long term in financial, ecological, political, social, and spiritual spheres.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“Science fiction is like a blender - you can put in any historical experience and take influences from everything you see, read or experience.”
“I'm one of those unlucky people who had a happy childhood.”
“The spirit of a person's life is ever shedding some power, just as a flower is steadily bestowing fragrance upon the air.”

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