"Naked power has its limitations, since power is a generator of corruption and corruption in its turn tends to dilute the effectiveness of power."

-- Robert Payne

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“Those who allow themselves to be led by the Spirit understand that placing oneself at the service of the Gospel is not an optional extra, because they are aware of the urgency of transmitting this Good News to others...I assure you that the Spirit of Jesus today is inviting you young people to be bearers of the good news of Jesus to your contemporaries.”
“Keeping things 'just in case' indicates a lack of trust in the future.”

Source : Karen Kingston (2016). “Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui (Revised and Updated): Free Yourself from Physical, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Clutter Forever”, p.37, Harmony
“I'm sorry that the young athletes in basketball will not get the chance to play (in the Olympics) anymore, and live that dream.”
“Now, I don't see color. People tell me I'm white and I believe them because police officers call me 'sir'.”
“It was Tottenham at home. I thought: 'Please don't go on about Tottenham, we all know what Tottenham are about. They are nice and tidy but we'll f****** do them.' Alex came in and said: 'Lads, it's only Tottenham.' And that was it! Brilliant!”

Source : "Roy Keane says he and Alex Ferguson were on same wavelength at United" by James Riach, www.theguardian.com. October 20, 2014.
“Creativity is a voracious animal. It needs to be fed regularly. If you leave it untended for too long, you run the risk of starving your passion and diminishing your spirit.”
“I believe that man's noblest endowment is his capacity to change.”

Source : Leonard Bernstein (1982). “Findings”, Anchor
“We live in an age where many things are working hard to conk us out and anesthetize us. Anything we can do to shake us out of that- with no other purpose than to wake us- is valuable.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

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