"Few men realize that their life, the very essence of their character, their capabilities and their audacities, are only the expression of their belief in the safety of their surroundings."

-- Joseph Conrad

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“Let me plead with you, lovers of my Africa, to carry with you into the world the vision of a new Africa”
“I've always just been attracted to comedy.”
“Sometimes it appears that we're reaching a period when our senses and our minds will no longer respond to moderate stimulation. We seem to be approaching an Age of the Gross. Persuasion through speeches and books is too often discarded for disruptive demonstrations aimed at bludgeoning the unconvinced into action.”
“If we practice the science of yoga, which is useful to the entire human community and which yields happiness both here and hereafter - if we practice it without fail, we will then attain physical, mental, and spiritual happiness, and our minds will flood towards the Self.”

Source : Sri K. Pattabhi Jois (2010). “Yoga Mala: The Seminal Treatise and Guide from the Living Master of Ashtanga Yoga”, p.21, Macmillan
“The key is to maintain an evenness. Try to play one possession at a time, regardless of what happened on the last possession”
“The colonists usually say that it was they who brought us into history: today we show that this is not so. They made us leave history, our history, to follow them, right at the back, to follow the progress of their history.”
“Without order there can be no inner satisfaction. Without inner satisfaction there can be no freedom. Without freedom there is no joy.”
“Genius is 1 percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration.”

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