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Edward Carpenter

"Do not think too much of the dead husk of your friend, or mourn too much over it, but send your thoughts out towards the real soul or self which has escaped â€” to reach it. For so, surely you will cast a light of gladness upon his onward journey, and contribute your part towards the building of that kingdom of love which links our earth to heaven."

Source : "Intermediate Types Among Primitive Folk - A Study in Social Evolution".

Edward Carpenter

#Real Quotes #Journey Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I've always done things the hard way. I was born like a piece of tangled yarn. The job is trying to untangle it, and I'll probably go on doing it for the rest of my life.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Well, dissent is the tradition in America, and I've been on the side of dissent a good bit of my career, particularly in the last many years of the Republican Congress.”

Source : "Interview with Rep. Lloyd Doggett". "The Situation Room" with Wolf Blitzer, www.realclearpolitics.com. August 6, 2009.
“I find weddings really boring. They give speeches, your aunt kisses you on the cheek, and you're at a boring table. But it's different when it's your own.”
“Look at your [English] ladies of quality are they not forever parting with their husbands forfeiting their reputations and is their life aught but dissipation? In common genteel life, indeed, you may now and then meet with very fine girls who have politeness, sense and conversation but these are few and then look at your trademen's daughters what are they? poor creatures indeed! all pertness, imitation and folly.”
“What Confucius tells us to focus on first is not how to bring stability to the world, but how to be the best possible version of ourselves. To "cultivate one's moral character" is the first step towards taking responsibility for the nation, and for society. Confucius and his disciples struggled hard to be "the best version" of themselves, but their aim in this was to better carry out their responsibilities to the society in which they lived.”
“In Spain," indeed! He would have got no closer than the Indies if I had not showed him how to do it. Stupid puppy.”
“I know what it's like to start something and have it suddenly grow out of control. And you want to get rid of it, because it's hurting you and everyone else around you, but every time you try to do that, it consumes you again.”
“The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.”

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