"I have learned that the cost of everything from a royal suite to a bottle of soda water can be halved by the simple expedient of saying it must be halved."

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Source : Robert Byron (2016). “The Road to Oxiana: New edition linked and annotaded”, p.41, MarcoPolo

Robert Byron

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“It is bad policy to regulate everything... where things may better regulate themselves and can be better promoted by private exertions; but it is no less bad policy to let those things alone which can only be promoted by interfering social power.”

Source : Friedrich List, William Notz (1931). “Grundlinien einer politischen Ökonomie und andere Beiträge der amerikanischen Zeit: 1825-1832”
“If the whole universe can be found in our own body and mind, this is where we need to make our inquires. We all have the answers within ourselves, we just have not got in touch with them yet. The potential of finding the truth within requires faith in ourselves.”
“Any pleasure gained by means other than mental control weakens the body.”
“Above all, cancer is a spiritual practice that teaches me about faith and resilience.”

Source : "Celebrating a Decade Thriving With Cancer" by Kris Carr, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 21, 2013.
“I would not be standing here today if my skin were white or my religion were Presbyterian. I am here today only because my skin is yellow and my religion is Unification Church. The ugliest things in this beautiful country of America are religious bigotry and racism.”
“Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.”
“The origin of agriculture involved both human intentionality and a set of underlying ecological and evolutionary principles.”
“I'm tired of being labelled anti-American because I ask questions.”

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