"Nothing is necessary except God, and nothing is less necessary than pain."

-- Joseph de Maistre

“I think that American salesmanship can be a weapon more powerful than the atomic bomb.”
“As long as my record stands in federal court, any American citizen can be held in prison or concentration camps without trial or hearing. I would like to see the government admit they were wrong and do something about it, so this will never happen again to any American citizen of any race, creed, or color.”
“You rest now. Rest for longer than you are used to resting. Make a stillness around you, a field of peace. Your best work, the best time of your life will grow out of this peace.”

Source : Peter Heller (2014). “The Painter: A novel”, p.44, Vintage
“Lovers, like dying men, may well At first disorder'd be, Since none alive can truly tell What Fortune they must see.”
“It was really impossible to break through in Russia. We couldn't buy any balls. We really didn't have any courts, no rackets, nothing. And no people to practice with.”
“I like to stay fit by being generally active.”
“Adoption is the highest privilege the gospel offers.”
“All beautiful things bring sadness, nor alone Sweet music, as our wisest Poet spake, Because in us keen longings they awake.”

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