"Desires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves."

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Al-Ghazali

#Kings Quotes #Desire Quotes #Slave Quotes

“I've been to the White House a number of times.”
“The worst violence we can do to each other often is psychological, especially in families. I dwell a lot on domestic danger. Thats the backdrop of most of my novels - what kind of damage is done without ever lifting a finger.”
“I started writing cheating songs when I was too young to have any idea what I was writing about - broken hearts and things like that. I just think it was something I already knew, something I had experienced in another lifetime.”
“I know the compassion of others is a relief at first. I don't despise it. But it can't quench pain, it slips through your soul as through a sieve. And when our suffering has been dragged from one pity to another, as from one mouth to another, we can no longer respect or love it.”
“I'm most comfortable in T-shirts, but they have to have some style to them.”
“Sooner or later, all games become serious.”

Source : "Super-Cannes". Book by J. G. Ballard, 2000.
“All this and heaven too.”
“How do we break this cycle of adding to the unconsciousness on the planet? The answer lies in seeing that our true nature consists ONLY of love, and so that is ALL we have to give [and see] when we know ourselves as that...”

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