"The waves belong to the Ganges, not the Ganges to the waves. A man cannot realize God unless he gets rid of all such egotistic ideas as "I am such an important man" or "I am so and so". Level the mound of "I" to the ground by dissolving it with tears of devotion."

-- Ramakrishna

#Men Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Important Quotes

“Gay and lesbian couples should have the right to experience the joys of marriage and family.”
“I used the principles of Kickstarter to make 'She's Gotta Have It.' We filmed that in 1985 to 1986. The final cost was $175,000. I didn't have that money. It was friends, grants, donations. We saved our bottles for the nickel deposit.”
“The human species is made up of seven billion subspecies each consisting of one specimen.”
“I had some music lessons and my mum played every instrument but the guitar.”
“Our founding fathers started this country and built it on God and His Word, and this country sure would be a better place to live and raise our children if we still followed their ideals and beliefs.”

Source : "Happy, Happy, Happy: My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander". Book by Phil Robertson, www.huffingtonpost.com. 2013.
“The man who is an initiate of one of the great Mystery Schools never fears to let his pupils outdistance him, because he knows that it stands him in good stead with his superiors if he is constantly sending up to them aspirants who 'make good.' He therefore never tries to hold back a promising pupil, because he has no need to fear that pupil, if allowed to penetrate into the Mysteries, would spy out the nakedness of the land; he will rather bring back a report of its exceeding richness, and thereby confirm the statements of his teacher and spur his fellow pupils to yet greater eagerness.”
“People talk about skating, puck handling and shooting, but the whole sport is angles and caroms, forgetting the straight direction the puck is going, calculating where it will be directed, factoring in all the interruptions. Basically, my whole game is angles.”
“Nobody has a right to whip me but my own master, and nobody shall do so if I can prevent it”

Source : Elizabeth Keckley (1868). “Behind the scenes; or, Thirty years a slave, and four years in the White house”, p.33

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