"In order to be in control, you have to have a definite plan for at least a reasonable period of time. So how, may I ask, can man be in control if he can't even draw up a plan for a ridiculously short period of time, say, a thousand years, and is, moreover, unable to ensure his own safety for even the next day?"

-- Mikhail Bulgakov

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“One should therefore not rely on mere words, but everywhere search for the intention behind them. (121)”

Source : Edward Conze (1959). “Buddhist Scriptures”, [Harmondsworth, Middlesex ; Baltimore] : Penguin Books
“In spite of Jean-Jacques and his school, men are not everywhere born free, any more than they are everywhere in chains, unless these be of their own individual making.”

Source : Francis Marion Crawford (1910). “Mr. Isaacs; a Tale of Modern India”
“Have God make a message out of your mess.”
“The revival of Islam dates from the early years of the 20th century. It was brought about by their humiliation, by their sense of how low they'd fallen compared with the West.”

Source : "Foreign Correspondent" with Jennifer Byrne, (ABC, Australia), October 10, 2001.
“I have two hands. I can hold two medals.”
“I think I'm probably quite geeky in a lot of ways. I'm pretty into books, kind of obsessive about that.”
“There are people that very strongly identify themselves as gay and then lesbian, and then I think there are a lot of people who are kind of some percentage or some version of that.”
“Photography was a blessing because it filled my time.”

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