"At the bottom of every leaf-stem is a cradle, and in it is an infant germ; the winds will rock it, the birds will sing to it all summer long, but the next season it will unfold and go alone."

-- Henry Ward Beecher

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“The more modest its intellectual ballast, the more exclusively it takes into consideration the emotions of the masses, the more effective [propaganda] will be.”
“Let come what comes, and accommodate yourself to that, whatever it is. If good mental images arise, that is fine. If bad mental images arise, that is fine, too. Look on all of it as equal, and make yourself comfortable with whatever happens.”

Source : Bhante Gunaratana, Henepola Gunaratana (2011). “Mindfulness in Plain English: 20th Anniversary Edition”, p.34, Simon and Schuster
“To see the light we must first acknowledge that we are in the dark.”
“I'll say this: Google is the best 9-5 anyone could ever get. Awesome environment, I loved my time there, but I grew up with my dream to pursue music full time.”
“if we center our lives on BMWs, RVs, VCRs, PCs and the other acronyms of consumerism, we cannot expect our children to do otherwise.”

Source : Johnnetta B. Cole (2011). “Conversations: Straight Talk with America's Sister President”, p.9, Anchor
“When I was 20, I was drinking. When I was 30, I was drinking more, and at 40, way too much.”
“The only way on earth to multiply happiness is to divide it.”
“The greatest weariness comes from work not done.”

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