"Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified?"

-- Chuck Palahniuk

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“Samadhi doesnâ€™t just come of itself; it takes practice.”
“How can a Man respect his Wife when he has a contemptible Opinion of her and her Sex?”

Source : Mary Astell, Patricia Springborg (1996). “Astell: Political Writings”, p.57, Cambridge University Press
“We desperately need to recognize that we are the guests not the masters of nature and adopt a new paradigm for development, based on the costs and benefits to all people, and bound by the limits of nature herself rather than the limits of technology and consumerism.”

Source : "Planet Savers : 301 Extraordinary Environmentalists". Book by Kevin Desmond, 2008.
“In life and business, there are two cardinal sins, the first is to act precipitously without thought, and the second is to not act at all. Unfortunately the board of directors and top management of Times Warner already committed the first sin by merging with AOL, and we believe they are currently in the process of committing the second; now is not a time to move slowly and suffer the paralysis of inaction.”
“Forward momentum only worked as a strategy if one had correctly identified which way was forward.”

Source : Lois McMaster Bujold (1999). “Komarr”, p.144, Baen Books
“All the conscious decisions that I have taken in my life have never borne fruit. Not even come close! So, I am just very happy not planning.”
“In the Astronaut Office we're never totally out of training, we always keep our hand in it. But after five years, things have changed and so it's been good to get back into the flow and relearn a lot of things.”
“I don't expect to win every battle but I think Fred Pierce has enough respect for me that I can go fight my battles and win my share.”

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