"There’s an Oriental saying I like: “If aggression meets empty space it tends to defeat itself."

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Source : Matthew Reilly (2015). “The Tournament”, p.223, Simon and Schuster

Matthew Reilly

#Space Quotes #Defeat Quotes #Empty Quotes

“Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight.”

Source : B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.14, Rodale
“Honesty is incompatible with amassing a large fortune.”
“You have to be tough-skinned and willing to accept criticism, and at the same time, just try to do music that you like and you are proud of and not just whatever you think it's going to take to get you on the radio.”
“What we get in punk these days is the "anti-anti": Someone comes up with something, then the next generation is against that, and then the next generation is against that, and then that thing becomes a problem. There's these layers of anti-, and so many of them are just so self-serving. It's not about larger freedom.”
“Socialism, Communism, clandestine societies, Bible societies... pests of this sort must be destroyed by all means.”
“Real friends stab you in the front.”
“I was 16 years old, driving to LA, and sleeping in my car, just trying to make it happen.”
“At this moment, somewhere in the world, children died of starvation, bombs exploded to maim and kill the innocent, hurricanes destroyed everything in their path, but the loveliness of this moment was as real as wars and plagues and heartbreak. Pleasure and beauty are as valid as pain and ugliness and when I am fortunate enough to enjoy the former, I do so.”

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