"A Grecian history, perfectly written should be a complete record of the rise and progress of poetry, philosophy, and the arts."

-- Thomas B. Macaulay

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“There are some whose Karma is such as to enable them to develop the purely spiritual faculties first of all -- to overleap the astral plane for the time, as it were; and when afterwards they make its acquaintance they have, if their spiritual development has been perfect, the immense advantage of dipping into it from above, with the aid of a spiritual insight which cannot be deceived and a spiritual strength which nothing can resist.”
“Taking responsible steps to reduce poverty is not merely a moral imperative but an economic one.”
“Action is the foundation of all success.”
“If (the West) shows its rigidity by making unjust decisions and putting their threats into practice, the Iranian people will not be the only ones to pay the price.”
“The shorter and the plainer the better.”
“We have to make sustainable living convenient, sustainable business profitable & sustainable change fashionable”
“When I was a kid, we always had big gardens, acres of stuff we grew out in the yard.”
“The U.S. news media have a critical role to play in educating the public about climate change.”

Source : Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan (2012). “The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope”, p.96, Haymarket Books

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