"You know what I want you to do? I want you to blow out the candle and curse the darkness."

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Source : Mort Sahl (1976). “Heartland”, New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

Mort Sahl

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“Love is why I came here in the first place.”
“Just asleep," Eddis reassured her. At the sound of her voice Eugenides's head turned slightly, but he didn't wake. Attolia, seeing the movement, breathed again and pressed her hand to her chest where it hurt.”
“Art includes everything that stimulates the desire to live; science, everything that sharpens the desire to know. Art, even the most disinterested, the most disembodied, is the auxiliary of life.”
“Poverty in itself does not make men into a rabble; a rabble is created only when there is joined to poverty a disposition of mind, an inner indignation against the rich, against society, against the government.”
“News is often dispersed as thoughtlessly and effectively as that pollen which the bees carry off (having no idea how powdery they are) when they are buzzing in search of their particular nectar.”
“Fading light means more than just the end of another day. Night is when terrible things emerge from their sleep and seek soft flesh and hot blood.”
“In the old days they, the promoters, wanted more and more from me. They wanted me to jump or spill my blood and break my bones. Every time they wanted me to jump further, and further, and further. Hell, they thought my bike had wings.”
“Remember, what may appear to be the source of one's strength can often also be the source of one's weakness.”

Source : Chin-Ning Chu (2010). “Thick Face, Black Heart: The Warrior Philosophy for Conquering the Challenges of Business and Life”, p.175, Hachette UK

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