"The guiding principle of my life, 'the means are the ends,' has taught me that our participation in a corrupt system facilitates it and corrupts and therefore defeats us."

-- Sonia Johnson

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“Nima Shirazi's is an important progressive voice in the Iran debate in the West, often deconstructing the myths (and sometimes propaganda) we commonly encounter in the mainstream media. With succinct and elegant prose, and with no axe to grind, he exposes the hypocrisy of Western attitudes toward Iran.”
“The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.”

Source : Jack Kornfield (2008). “A Path With Heart: The Classic Guide Through The Perils And Promises Of Spiritual Life”, p.14, Random House
“In practically every film you experience, you can see the director following the text. Illustrating the words first, making the pictures after, and, alas, so often not making pictures at all, but holding up the camera to do its mimetic worst.”
“One of the things Wall Street does not like is ambiguity. Now that the agreement is there, it begins to make the future look a little less cloudy, and that's positively received by Wall Street.”
“Humans, the only self-regarding animals, blessed or cursed with this torturing higher faculty, have always wanted to know why.”
“I am an old man, but in many senses a very young man. And this is what I want you to be, young, young all your life.”
“If I wear make-up, then people recognise me, but the rest of the time, no one really bothers.”
“The best antidote to prejudice is reality.”

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