Quotes
Authors
Ralph Raico

"Liberalism is, in fact, the ideology of the capitalist revolution that prodigiously raised the living standards of the mass of people; a doctrine gradually elaborated over several centuries, which offered a new concept of social order, encompassing freedom in the only form suited to the modern world. Step by step, in practice and theory, the various sectors of human activity were withdrawn from the jurisdiction of coercive authority and given over to the voluntary action of self-regulating society."

-- Ralph Raico

#Self Quotes #Order Quotes #Practice Quotes

“I can't write story-songs, like I couldn't write a Bob Dylan or Tom Waits song. I can only write whatever weird phrases come into my head, and hope that they're good.”

Source : Source: www.coupdemainmagazine.com
“I believe there is a place where the restless souls wander. Burdened by the weight of their own sadness, they cannot enter heaven.... And so they wait, trapped between our world and the next, endlessly searching for a way to rid themselves of their pain- in the hope that somehow, someday they will be reunited with the ones they love. If two people really love each other, nothing can keep them apart.”
“I was a very introverted individual and this became an important outlet for me to express myself, to communicate, to take positions, make statements, take a stand and so forth. But I never really thought I had much a future at all So the thing that I had to do was to really go inward and really work super hard in the hope that someday it would pay off. And in using that term I don't mean necessarily money, but just the fact that I would have more depth and dimension both as a human being and as an artist.”
“When you came, you were like red wine and honey, and the taste of you burnt my mouth with its sweetness.”

Source : Amy Lowell (2004). “Selected Poems”
“We have a tendency to want the other person to be a finished product while we give ourselves the grace to evolve.”
“I liked the military life. They teach you self-sufficiency early on. I always say that I learned most of what I know about leadership in the Marine Corps. Certain basic principles stay with you - sometimes consciously, mostly unconsciously.”
“When we bear witness, when we become the situation - homelessness, poverty, illness, violence, death - the right action arises by itself. We don't have to worry about what to do. We don't have to figure out solutions ahead of time. Peacemaking is the functioning of bearing witness. Once we listen with our entire body and mind, loving action arises.”

Source : Bernie Glassman (2013). “Bearing Witness: A Zen Master's Lessons in Making Peace”, p.62, Penguin
“I like my coffee hot and strong. Like I like my women: hot and strong...with a spoon in them.”

Source : "Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill", www.imdb.com. 1999.

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