"Accepting the reality of change gives rise to equanimity."

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Source : Allan Lokos (2010). “Pocket Peace: Effective Practices for Enlightened Living”, p.100, Penguin

Allan Lokos

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“Song: Heloise and Abelard by Elizabeth Devlin. Beyond the a propros subject matter, this lady can really play the Autoharp. This song sounds like something you'd find on a gramophone record.”
“I want the government in the DRC and everywhere where gender inequality is a problem, it's not only an African problem, to take this seriously, also to do everything they can to ensure that we put an end to impunity, to address the problem of impunity and also to assist the women; to empower women, to make sure that they have a voice and a seat at the table where decisions are made.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com
“Proving that the best villains have the charisma of a hero, (Jason) Statham makes a strong impression, supplying the kind of menace that permeates the movie even when he's not on screen. His fight with (Dwayne) Johnson doesn't have the bang you'd expect from a The Transporter versus The Rock match-up, but the climactic Statham-(Vin)Diesel battle more than delivers.”
“Few things are more beautiful to me than a bunch of thuggish, heavily tattooed line cooks moving around each other like ballerinas on a busy Saturday night. Seeing two guys who'd just as soon cut each other's throats in their off hours moving in unison with grace and ease can be as uplifting as any chemical stimulant or organized religion.”
“His face spreads into a warm smile. â€œAs a matter of fact, no, I have never slept under the stars â€“ are you gettinâ€™ all romantic on me, Camryn Bennett?â€ He looks at me with a playful sideward stare.”
“Every child, everywhere; in the whole world there was not one child who was not gravely, sweetly dancing.”

Source : Nathanael West (2009). “Miss Lonelyhearts & The Day of the Locust”, p.15, New Directions Publishing
“To do science is to search for repeated patterns, not simply to accumulate facts.”
“In my view, the composer, just as the poet, the sculptor or the painter, is in duty bound to serve Man, the people. He must beautify life and defend it. He must be a citizen first and foremost, so that his art might consciously extol human life and lead man to a radiant future.”

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