"When thou art quiet and silent, then art thou as God was before nature and creature; thou art that which God then wats; thou art that whereof he made thy nature and creature: Then thou hearest and seest even with that wherewith God himself saw and heard in thee, before every thine own willing or thine own seeing began."

-- Jakob Bohme

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“The progress of mankind is due exclusively to the progress of natural sciences, not to morals, religion or philosophy.”
“Write what you love. Love will hold you through the hard times and hold the world during the good times.”
“Iâ€™ve dreamed a lot. Iâ€™m tired now from dreaming but not tired of dreaming. No one tires of dreaming, because to dream is to forget, and forgetting does not weigh on us, it is a dreamless sleep throughout which we remain awake. In dreams I have achieved everything.”
“Diversity may be the hardest thing for a society to live with, and perhaps the most dangerous thing for a society to be without.”

Source : William Sloane Coffin (2011). “The Heart Is a Little to the Left: Essays on Public Morality”, p.83, UPNE
“I tend to feel if people say they're going to do something, they will, if given the chance.”
“Brighidâ€™s eyes flashed with a blue flame, and I wondered if she had learned to do that just so she could compete with the Morriganâ€™s red flashes. Maybe I should try to figure out how to make my eyes flash green so I could freak out the baristas at Starbucks. â€œNo, you foolish mortal,â€ Iâ€™d say as my eyes glowed, â€œI ordered a nonfat latte.”
“Everyday I become more convinced, there is no doubt in my mind, as many intellectuals have said, that it is necessary to transcend capitalism. But capitalism can not be transcended through capitalism itself; it must be done through socialism, true socialism, with equality and justice. I'm also convinced that it is possible to do it under democracy, but not in the type of democracy being imposed by Washington.”
“The depth of talent in Israel is just spectacular. I was very excited by it because when you cast in LA, you tend to see a lot of the same faces on lists for various parts.”

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