"The church is always trying to get other people to reform, it might not be a bad idea to reform itself a little, by way of example"

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“I love this sport and I absolutely love the support you guys give me; and I will continue to do it until I can't.”
“The true bodhisattva spirit grows out of this personal sense of freedom. You discover that you don't feel so needy anymore. You don't crave another refueling - with shamatha or with other people's love and attention - because you know within yourself how to be free, how to be confident. With this sense of security and freedom, you begin to direct your attention to the needs of others. The compassion expands.”
“Count Hermann Keyserling once said truly that the greatest American superstition was the belief in facts.”
“But I believe we have a higher level of mentality within us, but we have to use the power in the right way.”
“[I]t is more convenient to prevent the passage of a law, than to declare it void after it has passed.”
“Yes, life can be rich down here. But never forget, the richest life is still to come.”
“Why did everything always change when all you wanted, all you had ever humbly asked of whatever God there might be, was that certain things be allowed to stay the same?”
“A ship is always referred to as 'she' because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.”

Source : 1959 In the NewYork Times, 24May.

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