"Books were the sustenance of God. And His munitions."

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Source : Régis Debray (2004). “God: An Itinerary”, p.185, Verso

Regis Debray

“Prayer provides an opportunity to remind oneself of how one should be living, our responsibilities to others, our own failings, and our relative good fortune, should we have it. This is, I think, a pretty worthwhile practice and it is not something you can only do if you believe you are talking to an unseen creator.”
“People who watch a lot of Fox come away knowing a lot less about important world events.”
“As the president of Afghanistan I look at the suffering of our people as a whole.”
“Often writing is like a struggle to get back to a kind of belated, quite impure virginity.”
“Statistics are no substitute for judgment.”
“Spirituality is the intersection of three paths: letting go of ego, an unconditional yes to the conditions of human existence, and an immeasurable compassion.”
“I thought the Vietnam war was an utter, unmitigated disaster, so it was very hard for me to say anything good about it.”
“Set goals for things you can control. In my case, I can't control the marks from the judges, but I can control how I train every day, and I can control my performance.”

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