"I rarely listen to music while writing. If I don't like it, it bothers me, and if I like it, it absorbs me so much I can't write."

-- Vikram Seth

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“The most amazing fact about Jesus, unlike almost any other religious founder, is that he found God in disorder and imperfectionâ€”and told us that we must do the same or we would never be content on this earth.”
“In all parts of the Old World, as well as of the New, it was evident that Columbus had kindled a fire in every mariner's heart. That fire was the harbinger of a new era, for it was not to be extinguished.”

Source : Charles Kendall Adams (1892). “Christopher Columbus: His Life and His Work”, New York : Dodd, Mead
“When a Krishna Conscious person is elevated to a responsible position, he never becomes puffed up. Just like a tree when over-laden with fruits becomes humble and lower down. Similarly, a great soul in Krishna Consciousness becomes humbler than the grass and bowed down like the fruitful trees because a Krishna Conscious person acts as the agent of Krishna, therefore he discharges his duty with great responsibility.”
“In Istanbul I met a man who said he knew beyond a doubt that God was a cat. I asked why he was so sure, and the man said, "When I pray to him, he ignores me."”
“Social media allows you to network, collaborate, and share your work with others. Building a solid network via social is the most valuable thing you can do for your business or personal brand.”
“Life *is* complex, and, in many ways, life *is* beyond our comprehension today...Sometimes important questions have maddeningly complex or inconvenient answers that neither satisfy nor soothe.”
“There is no one force, no group, and no class that is the preserver of liberty. Liberty is preserved by those who are against the existing chief power. Oppositions which do not express genuine social forces are as trivial, in relation to entrenched power, as the old court jesters.”

Source : "The Machiavellians, Defenders of Freedom" by James Burnham, (p. 280), 1987.
“Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.”

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