"In trusting, we let ourselves go. We know that all kinds of unexpected events may come our way. Our tension eases, our mind and our hearts open spontaneously to be possibilities. It is an ever new state of mind, in the present moment, because we have detached from all we know. But it is also a feeling as old as can be, because, before all betrayals and all disappointments, there was a time in which trusting another was the very substance of our life."

-- Piero Ferrucci

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“Even though disciplined sleeping habits and the adrenalin of live radio ensures that we are very awake while on duty, there is evidence of a phenomenon called circadian desynchronosis which causes one's brain to function slowly at those times of day when it thinks it should be asleep, regardless how wide awake the body is.”
“Evaluations, in essence, are â€¦ ways of being, modes of existence of those who judge and evaluate.”
“We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.”

Source : Four Quartets "Little Gidding" pt. 5 (1942)
“After I finished the Atlantic swim I said "never again," but it didn't take long for me to change my mind. I like to push my limits. I want to raise money for cancer research and to inspire others to follow their dreams.”
“Any idiot that wants to make a couple of thousand drawings for a hundred feet of film is welcome to join the club.”
“Essentially any history we have is just a history of aristocrats. We don't have any history of people.”

Source : "Missed Opportunities". Pitchfork Interview, pitchfork.com.
“Happy are those who have departed through martyrdom. Unhappy am I that I still survive.... Taking this decision is more deadly than drinking from a poisoned chalice. I submitted myself to Allah's will and took this drink for His satisfaction.”

Source : Ruhollah Khomeini's announcement of ceasefire with Iraq (July 20, 1988), as quoted in Efraim Karsh "The Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988", April 25, 2002.
“Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such.”

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