"Enlightenment is very possible for the ordinary individual. Actually, it is easier than for someone who thinks that they are special."

-- Ravi Shankar

#Thinking Quotes #Special Quotes #Enlightenment Quotes

“Let no one think that real gardening is a bucolic and meditative occupation. It is an insatiable passion, like everything else to which a man gives his heart.”

Source : Karel Capek (2002). “The Gardener's Year”
“The clichÃ©, God hates the sin but love the sinner, is false on the face of it and should be abandoned. Fourteen times in the first fifty Psalms alone, we are told that God hates the sinner, His wrath is on the liar, and so forth. In the Bible, the wrath of God rests both on the sin (Romans 1:18ff) and on the sinner (John 3:36).”
“Id be happiest standing at the back, strumming my little banjo where no one could see me.”
“Globalization and free trade do spur economic growth, and they lead to lower prices on many goods.”
“If employees need to stay late in order to curry favor with the boss, what motivation do they have to get work done during normal business hours? After all, they can put in the requisite 'face time' whether they are surfing the Internet or analyzing customer data.”
“Ninety percent of the students take the 'preferred lender.' Why? Because that's the nature of the relationship. You trust the school. The school is in a position of authority.”
“Shyness is nice, but shyness can stop you from doing all the things in life that you'd like to.”
“I even accept for the sake of argument that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged.”

Source : "Scalia Describes ‘Dangerous’ Trend" by Daniel J. Hemel, www.thecrimson.com. September 29, 2004.

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