"The more humble a man is before God the more he will be exalted; the more humble he is before man, the more he will get rode roughshod."

-- Josh Billings

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“If Vladimir Putin is conscious and aware of his standing in the world economy, he has to understand this aggression in Crimea is not helping the reputation of Russia as a modern nation where you can do business. He's back to the old Soviet ways and a lot of folks are going to hold back and pull back as a result of it. I think he may have second thoughts.”

Source : Source: www.cbsnews.com
“Guys don't seem to think this, but the stuff that girls talk about is more raunchy than what guys talk about in a football lockeroom.”

Source : Source: m.etonline.com
“A dojo [pracice hall] is a miniature cosmos where we make contact with ourselves - our fears, anxieties, reactions, and habits. It is an arena of confined conflict where we confront an opponent who is not an opponent but rather a partner engaged in helping us understand ourselves more fully.”

Source : Joe Hyams (2010). “Zen in the Martial Arts”, p.4, Bantam
“Democracy, though slowly attained and never by revolutionary jumps, is the best government on earth when it tries to make all its citizens aristocrats. But not when it guillontines whoever is individual, superior, or just different.”

Source : Peter Viereck (1950). “Conservatism Revisited”, p.72, Transaction Publishers
“Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.”
“I think you can find yourself on one of these shows for a long period of time and think that all you'll ever be able to do is that character. Certainly people think of you that way.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“I don't want to disappear.”
“Close both eyes see with the other one. Then we are no longer saddled by the burden of our persistent judgments our ceaseless withholding our constant exclusion. Our sphere has widened and we find ourselves quite unexpectedly in a new expansive location in a place of endless acceptance and infinite love.”

Source : Greg Boyle (2011). “Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion”, p.145, Simon and Schuster

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