"The more we associate experience with cash value, the more we think that money is what we need to live. And the more we associate money with life, the more we convince ourselves that we're too poor to buy our freedom."

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Source : Rolf Potts (2002). “Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel”, p.10, Ballantine Books

Rolf Potts

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“Markets rebounded quickly from morning jitters after the London Thursday terrorist bombing.”
“Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light.”
“I, like anybody whoever met Eric Wright, was mesmerized & inspired. Eric was more like a big brother to me, to all of us. I always think to myself, if there was no Ruthless, West Coast hip hop would not have been as big.”

Source : "Eazy-E x Kokane: A Day In The Life (DubCNN Exclusive Interview)". Interview with West Haven Blast, www.dubcnn.com. February 20, 2017.
“Our age has become so mechanical that this has also affected our recreation. People have gotten used to sitting down and watching a movie, a ball game, a television set. It may be good once in a while, but it certainly is not good all the time. Our own faculties, our imagination, our memory, the ability to do things with our mind and our hands-they need to be exercised. If we become too passive, we get dissatisfied.”
“I will follow the upward road today; I will keep my face to the light. I will think high thoughts as I go my way; I will do what I know is right. I will look for the flowers by the side of the road; I will laugh and love and be strong. I will try to lighten another's load this day as I fare along.”
“As an individual, I think you have to find your own path. I like the simplicity and purity of Hinduism and many elements of Buddhism. These are all means of accessing spiritual energy.”
“We have to state, without mincing words, that there is an inseparable bond between our faith and the poor. May we never abandon them.”
“I have also testified repeatedly and published some articles in favor of Small Science.”

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