"All evil results from the non-adaptation of constitution to conditions. This is true of everything that lives. Does a shrub dwindle in poor soil, or become sickly when deprived of light, or die outright if removed to a cold climate? it is because the harmony between its organization and its circumstances has been destroyed."

-- Herbert Spencer

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“Not on the outer world For inward joy depend; Enjoy the luxury of thought, Make thine own self friend; Not with the restless throng, In search of solace roam But with an independent zeal Be intimate at home.”

Source : Lydia Howard Sigourney (1860). “Gleanings”, p.208
“As practice makes perfect, I cannot but make progress; each drawing one makes, each study one paints, is a step forward.”
“For me, heaven is likely to be a bit of a come-down.”
“So as a prelude whites must be made to realise that they are only human, not superior. Same with Blacks. They must be made to realise that they are also human, not inferior.”
“Obviously, we will respond to the concerns of any member of Congress. The government of Uzbekistan has been a good partner in the war on terrorism.”
“To advance spiritually requires a method of practice & determination to carry it out.”
“A man who becomes used to deluding himself, who fails to face his own faults with revolutionary honesty and even lies to himself, is the most likely to become a traitor, since lying is the beginning of treachery.”

Source : "Torture & Resistance in Iran: Memoirs of the Woman Guerrilla Ashraf Dehghani". Book by Ashraf Dihqani, 1978.
“For me, life offers so many complexly appealing moments that two beautiful objects may be equally beautiful for different reasons and at different times. How can one choose?”

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