"Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state."

-- Livy

#Luxury Quotes #Evil Quotes #Ruins Quotes

“You hate America, don't you?' That would be as silly as loving it,' I said. 'It's impossible for me to get emotional about it, because real estate doesn't interest me. It's no doubt a great flaw in my personality, but I can't think in terms of boundaries. Those imaginary lines are as unreal to me as elves and pixies. I can't believe that they mark the end or the beginning of anything of real concern to a human soul. Virtues and vices, pleasures and pains cross boundaries at will.”
“It will be difficult to return to racing this weekend after Marco's terrible accident in Sepang but I think it is the best thing we can do to honour him,â€ says World Champ Casey Stoner. We know we all play a risky game and, even if compared to the past the safety of our sport is much better, unfortunately these kind of events still occur. We will go out there this weekend and try to put on a good show for all the fans and especially in memory of Marco.”
“"No comment" is a comment.”
“There are six Time Warp Trio books that would take a page each to fully praise. And I just thought up twelve more while I was typing this sentence.”
“We first have to find the way of freedom from involvement before we can introduce freedom in involvement.”

Source : Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan (1974). “Toward the one”, HarperCollins Publishers
“The Bible tells us that Jesus Christ came to do three things. He came to have my past forgiven, you get a purpose for living and a home in Heaven.”
“If the assertion that there is a god is nonsensical, then the atheist's assertion that there is no god is equally nonsensical, since it is only a significant proposition that can be significantly contradicted.”
“Your failures won't hurt you until you start blaming them on others.”

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