"There's an aspect of human nature in which we want to think we're better than somebody else. They're a different color. They speak a different language. They have a different name for the Creator. Whatever it is, that makes it okay for me to hate them, to try to get some of their land or some of their resources."

-- John Denver

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“Conquering evil, not the opponent is the essence of swordsmanship.”

Source : "Behold the Second Horseman" by Joseph Lumpkin, (p. 44), 2005.
“When you say too much about anything important, it always ends up sounding more trivial than it is. Words trash it.”
“Manchester's got everything except a beach.”

Source : "Manchester's missing tech scene? Here comes the resurrection ..." by Rob Coupland, www.theguardian.com. February 27, 2013.
“I wouldn't say Musashi is ordinary. But he is. That's what's extraordinary about him. He is not content to rely on whatever natural gifts he may have. Knowing he is ordinary, he is constantly trying to improve himself. No one appreciates the agonizing effort he's had to make. Now that his years of training have yielded such spectacular results, everybody's talking about his 'God-given talent.' That's how men who don't try very hard comfort themselves.”
“When I started it [non for profit], I thought, I'm not smart enough to do this. I had no experience in management, no experience in administration, no experience in nonprofit; but then this phrase came into my head: I only have to be smart enough to find people who are smarter than me; I only have to be smart enough to recognize who knows more than me.”
“Christian, your whole life is to be one continuous following of the Lord.”

Source : Horatius Bonar (2017). “Follow the Lamb”, p.7, Gideon House Books
“If you have laser-like brain it's not always focused on the most productive things. If you want to play Halo: Reach all day, that's fine, but if you want to accomplish some other things, here are some ways to do that using your innate nerd gifts.”

Source : Richard Stallman (2002). “Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman”, p.75, Lulu.com
“Kindness, kindness, kindness. I want to make a New Year's prayer, not a resolution. I'm praying for courage.”

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