"You will have no sensation of a leash around your neck if you sit by the peg. It is only when you stray that you feel the restraining tug."

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Source : Michael Parenti (1996). “Dirty Truths”, p.150, City Lights Books

Michael Parenti

#Political Quotes #Necks Quotes #Feels Quotes

“The best way to cleanse the heart and prepare for the stilling of the mind is to lead a normal, worldly life. Living in the midst of your day-to-day duties, responsibilities, likes, dislikes, etc., will help you. All these become the very means for the purification of your heart.”
“A lot of my inspiration is reactionary to images I see in the media.”
“Open-faced sandwiches take risks and live big and smile with all their teeth. These are the people I want to be around.”
“Sanity is not statistical - Being in a minority, even a minority of one, did not make you mad.”
“The greatest truths are commonly the simplest.”
“You don't know how to pray? Put yourself in the presence of God, and as soon as you have said, 'Lord, I don't know how to pray!" you can be sure you have already begun."”

Source : "Speech of Vice President Jejomar C. Binay during the 36th National Prayer Breakfast Anniversary". Jojo Binay @JojoCBinay, www.facebook.com. November 24, 2011.
“I think that's one of the reasons it's nice to leave out a lot; it can become a lot more personal to people if there is room for them to put their own experiential time track on it.”
“I think what you're seeing is a profound recognition on the part of the American people that gays and lesbians and transgender persons are our brothers, our sisters, our children, our cousins, our friends, our co-workers, and that they've got to be treated like every other American. And I think that principle will win out.”

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