"History is full of the dead weight of things which have escaped the control of the mind, yet drive man on with a blind force."

-- F. M. Powicke

#Men Quotes #History Quotes #Mind Quotes

“The self (Soul) is the constant-witness consciousness. Through all months, seasons and years, through all divisions of time, the past, present and future the consciousness remains one and self luminous. It neither rises nor sets. The ultimate self is free from sin, free from old age, free from death and grief, free from hunger and thirst, which desires nothing and imagines nothing.”
“I am my parents' daughter, and I always want to be. But I first wanted to make sure that I was standing on my own two feet.”
“It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.”
“The most powerful single force in the world today is neither Communism nor Capitalism, neither the H-bomb nor the guided missile -- it is man's eternal desire to be free and independent.”
“Kyoto was a flawed process. There isn't one industrialized country around the world that has ratified that treaty, and so that is a non-starter.”
“I had a great education. From kindergarten to John Dewey High School in Coney Island, I am public-school educated.”
“My parents and grandparents always made me feel fortunate. I'm in a position to help others feel the same. It's just in my heart and is something I feel very very strong about.”

Source : Source: thestartingfive.net
“The mirror that Strindberg held up to Nature was a cracked one. It was cracked in a double sense -- it was crazy. It gave back broken images of a world which it made look like the chaos of a lunatic dream.”

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