"Rationality tied to moral decency is the most powerful joint instrument for good that our planet has ever known."

-- Michael Shermer

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“Love really is the answer to human problems: love of oneself, love of others, love of where one is, love of what one is doing, love of nature, love of life, love of the world, love of spirit in all its wonder and splendor. Love sets our energy free. It opens us and puts us in a flow with spirit and life on many levels. Love is the true secret behind manifestation.”
“I will make arrangements for you and Portia to return to London the following day. I will be closing up the house. I am leaving England for a while." "For how long?" I asked him, determined to keep my composure. "Until I am quite recovered from you," he said evenly. "When will you return?" "Never.”

Source : Deanna Raybourn (2015). “Silent on the Moor”, p.235, MIRA
“Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a weakened broth.”
“We should all remember... that throwing food away is like stealing from the tables of the poor, the hungry! I encourage everyone to reflect on the problem of thrown away and wasted food to identify ways and means that, by seriously addressing this issue, are a vehicle of solidarity and sharing with the needy.”
“Like most people who smoked umpteen cigarettes a day, I tasted only the first one. The succeeding umpteen minus one were a compulsive ritual which had no greater savour than the fumes of burning money.”

Source : Clive James (2013). “The Complete Unreliable Memoirs”, p.292, Pan Macmillan
“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed; We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal”
“God created man on purpose, and for a purpose.”
“I'd hire the devil himself as a writer if he gave me a good story....”

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