"It takes so little, so infinitely little, for a person to cross the border beyond which everything loses meaning: love, convictions, faith, history. Human life -- and herein lies its secret -- takes place in the immediate proximity of that border, even in direct contact with it; it is not miles away, but a fraction of an inch."

-- Milan Kundera

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“I know that the hopes of this whole human world can fit inside one soul.”
“My theory about writing is that one should write books you'd like to read, but no one else has written yet. So, as long as I stick with that, I'm entertaining myself, and then hopefully my readers as well. I hope to god I realize that I'm repeating myself, if I ever do. But if I don't, I'm sure my readers will let me know.”
“Lord Jesus, make us capable of loving as you love.”
“Order means light and peace, inward liberty and free command over one's self; order is power.”
“If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.”
“Never worry about being obsessive. I like obsessive people. Obsessive people make great art”
“Most blacks are happy, except those who have had other ideas pushed into their ears.”

Source : "Dictionary of South African Quotations". Book by Jennifer Crwys-Williams, Penguin Books, p. 53, 1994.
“Anyone may arrange his affairs so that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which best pays the treasury. There is not even a patriotic duty to increase one's taxes. Over and over again the Courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everyone does it, rich and poor alike and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands.”

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