"Beauty is something that burns the hand when you touch it."

-- Yukio Mishima

“When I first drove my car down Sunset Strip, I nearly crashed my car gazing at the monolithic ads of various celebrities. They are bigger than King Kong, and more frightening.”
“The lives of great men are like legends-difficult but beautiful,”
“None of Ho Chi Minh's colleagues was as dedicated to the use of political struggle, psychological warfare, and diplomatic means as he was.”
“Live as if everything you do will eventually be known.”

Source : Hugh Prather (2001). “Love and Courage”, p.68, Conari Press
“I may know that the world is an ugly place, I still don't want to see it.”
“There is no loftier mission than to approach the Divinity nearer than other men, and to disseminate the divine rays among mankind.”
“If you let a bully come in your front yard, he'll be on your porch the next day and the day after that he'll rape your wife in your own bed.”
“The crux of the sea level issue is that it starts very slowly but once it gets going it is practically unstoppable...There is no way I can see to stop this rise, even if we have gone to zero emissions.”

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