"Half the spiritual life consists of remembering what we are up against and where we are going."

-- Ayya Khema

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“I have enough trouble with useful information, never mind being burdened with what is useless.”

Source : Erlend Loe (2011). “Naïve. Super”, p.55, Canongate Books
“When it comes to scientific matters the ready talkers simply run riot. There are a lot of pseudo-scientists who with a little technical jargon to spatter through their talk are always getting in the limelight. â€¦ The less they know the surer they are about it.”

Source : "ELECTRICITY WILL KEEP THE WORLD FROM FREEZING UP; Noted Expert, Dr. C.P. Steinmetz, Talks of the Future Wonders of Scientific Discovery and Ridicules Many Prophecies". The New York Times Interview, www.nytimes.com. November 12, 1911.
“It is right precious to behold The first long surf of climbing light Flood all the thirsty east with gold.”
“At the end of all this, Russia held in her hands a vast belt of land running from the Baltic sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south, comprising eleven nations with a population of 100 million people.”
“Economists suffer from a deep psychological disorder that I call 'physics envy'. We wish that 99 percent of economic behavior could be captured by three simple laws of nature. In fact, economists have 99 laws that capture 3 percent of behavior. Economics is a uniquely human endeavor ...”
“I donâ€™t care if the cat is black or white, I just want it to kill the mice.”
“When you are in hard labor, remember that the length of labor is usually proportional to the number of people around. Avoid the presence of anybody who might release adrenaline. The best situation I know for an easy birth is when there is nobody else around than an experienced, motherly and silent midwife who does not behave like a guide or an observer.”
“Dad was a bus driver, and when he finished work he would repair cars.”

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