"So few women have any clear idea of the power their ordinary beauty holds over so many of us men."

-- Thomas Adcock

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“My paintings at their best take that vocabulary and attempt to transpose that into a form that gives respect not only to the history of painting but also to those people who look and sound like me.”
“A warrior accepts defeat. He does not treat it as a matter of indifference, nor does he attempt to transform it into a victory. The pain of defeat is bitter to him; he suffers at indifference and becomes desperate with loneliness. After all this has passed, he licks his wounds and begins everything anew. A warrior knows that war is made of many battles: he goes on”
“Do you know that there's hardly anyone left of last year's Caucasian governments? I've tried to stop it, but in vain. Yet they can't all be Trotskyites and traitors.”

Source : "The Kremlin and the People". Book by Walter Duranty, p. 126, 2007.
“When we think we have been hurt by someone in the past, we build up defenses to protect ourselves from being hurt in the future. So the fearful past causes a fearful future and the past and future become one. We cannot love when we feel fear.... When we release the fearful past and forgive everyone, we will experience total love and oneness with all.”
“I love the voice - itâ€™s the most perfect instrument ever heard. Itâ€™s God given.”
“Consider a tree for a moment. As beautiful as trees are to look at, we don't see what goes on underground - as they grow roots. Trees must develop deep roots in order to grow strong and produce their beauty. But we don't see the roots. We just see and enjoy the beauty. In much the same way, what goes on inside of us is like the roots of a tree.”
“What was considered a peak mystical experience a few years ago is today the basic platform of sanity from which our exploration begins.”

Source : Arjuna Ardagh (2010). “The Translucent Revolution: How People Just Like You Are Waking Up and Changing the World”, p.41, New World Library
“The Jesuitsâ€¦are a secret society â€“ a sort of Masonic order â€“ with superadded features of revolting odiousness, and a thousand times more dangerous.”

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