"Art and religion first; then philosophy; lastly science. That is the order of the great subjects of life, that's their order of importance."

-- Muriel Spark

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“If God would have wanted us to live in a permissive society He would have given us Ten Suggestions and not Ten Commandments.”
“O Lord Eternal, move and govern my tongue to speak the truth.”
“The rate of interest acts as a link between income-value and capital-value.”

Source : Irving Fisher (2007). “The Nature of Capital and Income”, p.202, Cosimo, Inc.
“Now and then, living more with less means paying more money. It may mean buying better quality - leaving behind repetitive purchases of discount junk for one expensive, well-made, thoughtfully designed tool that will last.”
“Dryness promotes the formation of flower buds...flowering is, after all, not an aesthetic contribution, but a survival mechanism.”
“Stories heal us because we become whole through them. In the process of writing, of discovering our story, we restore those parts of ourselves that have been scattered, hidden, suppressed, denied, distorted, forbidden, and we come to understand that stories heal.”
“And what, you ask, does writing teach us? First and foremost, it reminds us that we are alive and that it is a gift and a privilege, not a right.”
“We are seeing a working-class, a middle class, which over the last three decades has seen their wages and income stagnate, while the very rich have seen their tax burden lighten in ways not seen in three or four decades. It's a face of a country that we need to look at and understand that inequality is perhaps the greatest threat to our economic recovery and democracy, and in that context we must take action.”

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