"If we return to the two faces of individualism - individualism as the spur of energy, initiative, and imagination; and individualism as the limitless struggle of all against all - it can be seen how the two practices emerge from and limit the extend of the disequilibrating impact of the contradiction involved in the geocultural agenda."

-- Immanuel Wallerstein

#Struggle Quotes #Practice Quotes #Two Quotes

“Let go of what you think you need & what you really need will show up.”
“The treasure I have found cannot be described in words, the mind cannot conceive of it.”
“However, if I shall live to be eighty I shall probably be the only person left in England who reads anything but newspapers and scientific publications.”
“Look upon your chastening as God's chariots sent to carry your soul into the high places of spiritual achievement.”
“I did not know at first that it would be a series; I discovered after the first novel that I had more to say about it, so I did another. And another, and then the readers demanded yet more.”

Source : Interview with Dag Rambraut, www.sffworld.com. June 5, 2000.
“I'm looking to see what the bigger picture is.”
“Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.”
“At the heart of our public morality is the idea that he who gives generously is most virtuous and morally praiseworthy; that there is no greater citizen than she who sacrifices; and that there is no greater measure of worth than contribution. These are values we can be proud of. After all, there is no moral system or religion on earth where the guiding ethic is grab more for yourself.”

Source : Eric Liu, Nick Hanauer (2012). “The True Patriot”, p.34, Sasquatch Books

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