"The onion and its satin wrappings is among the most beautiful of vegetables and is the only one that represents the essence of things. It can be said to have a soul."

-- Charles Dudley Warner

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“History has shown that there are very few mechanisms as effective at maintaining the status quo as a set of institutionalized regulations. Once set in regulatory concrete, reconsideration of the basic underlying assumptions is very difficult. While it will be an uphill fight to re-examine the basic underlying assumptions of any law or administrative rule, it is clearly not impossible. It will just take longer than if not so well institutionalized.”
“We are most of us very lonely in this world; you who have any who love you, cling to them and thank God.”
“I offer you the remedy of Free Love as an antidote for enforced lust, and the world will have to take it before the disease can be cured.”
“Alive without breath, As cold as death; Never thirsty, ever drinking, All in mail never clinking.”
“Heartbreak is funny to everyone but the heartbroken.”
“I believe that everything you've said is not even wrong.”

Source : Frank Wilczek (2009). “The Lightness of Being: Big Questions, Real Answers”, p.175, Penguin UK
“One does not divine this by impressions or knowledge. What this means is that no matter how much you try to figure or calculate by means of impressions or knowledge, it will not prove the least bit useful. Therefore, separate yourself from the discrimination of figuring things out.”

Source : Takuan Sōhō (1986). “The unfettered mind: writings of the Zen master to the sword master”, Kodansha Amer Inc
“I'm quite good at going away from home. I don't live with my parents or anything. But it is tough when you're so far away from everyone.”

Source : Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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