"Knowledge is the reward of action. For it is by doing things that one becomes transformed. Executing a symbolical gesture, actually living through, to the very limit, a particular role, one comes to realize the truth inherent in the role. Suffering its consequences, one fathoms and exhausts its contents."

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Source : Heinrich Zimmer (2013). “Philosophies of India”, p.533, Routledge

Heinrich Zimmer

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“I worked with everybody, the best, and they actually paid me money to stand next to the people I idolized.”
“I wake up early enough every morning to have some alone time. I have an app called Simply Being that's made for meditation. I do that for 5-10 minutes in the morning. Somehow, it helps make the chaos of life have some sort of definition. Exercise, too, keeps me able to deal with everything and not get too stressed.”

Source : "Interview with Kevin Griffin of Better Than Ezra". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Humanity needs more than merely information. We express original ideas, humor, and our personal wills. We express passions and emotions. A person's point of view conveys all of these aspects of identity.”
“Friend is a very small word, A little sound we make, For one who is true, one who will do, Great deeds for friendship's sake.”

Source : Brian Jacques (2004). “The Bellmaker: A Tale from Redwall”, p.109, Penguin
“People are very interested in having access to wireless data while they are on a plane.”
“War is hell, but that's not the half of it, because war is also mystery and terror and adventure and courage and discovery and holiness and pity and despair and longing and love. War is nasty; war is fun. War is thrilling; war is drudgery. War makes you a man; war makes you dead.”
“Land is a nation's basis for existence. The nation has its roots like those of a tree deep in the country's soil whence it derives its nourishment and life. There is no people that can live without land, as there is no tree which can live hanging in air.”

Source : Corneliu Zelea Codreanu (2015). “For My Legionaries”, p.106, Black House Publishing Ltd
“I've often heard it said that there's a consensus of thousands of scientists on the global warming issue and that humans are causing a catastrophic change to the climate system. Well I am one scientist, and there are many that simply think that is not true.”

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