"The liberty of the press, trial by jury, the Habeas Corpus Writ, even Magna Carta itself, although justly deemed the paladia of freedom, are all inferior considerations, when compared with the general distribution of real property among every class of people."

-- Noah Webster

#Real Quotes #Class Quotes #People Quotes

“We are born haunted, he said, his voice weak, but still clear. Haunted by our fathers and mothers and daughters, and by people we don't remember. We are haunted by otherness, by the path not taken, by the life unlived. We are haunted by the changing winds and the ebbing tides of history. And even as our own flame burns brightest, we are haunted by the embers of the first dying fire. But mostly, said Lord Jim, we are haunted by ourselves.”

Source : Jonathan Evison (2012). “West of Here”, p.465, Algonquin Books
“Nothing shows lack of conscience better than bold-faced lying.”
“Ego is an immature stage of development for humans, and that's what it will be recognized as when the consciousness changes on the planet. Children will develop an ego and quickly outgrow it. That's very different from developing an ego and being stuck with it for the rest of your life.”
“There is a common misunderstanding that during meditation the mind should never engage in processing thoughts. It is okay in meditation for the mind to move into many different directions, while at the same time attempting to return to a centered, relaxed state of mind.”
“When you're not practicing, someone somewhere is. And when the two of you meet, assuming roughly equal ability, the other person will win.”
“Zeus hates busybodies and those who do too much.”
“At the end of the Beatles, I really was done in for the first time in my life. Until then, I really was a kind of cocky sod.”
“Our emotional life maps our incompleteness: A creature without any needs would never have reasons for fear, or grief, or hope, or anger.”

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