"California is a state peculiarly addicted to swift enthusiasms. It is a seed-bed of all manner of cults and theories, taken up, and dropped, with equal speed."

-- Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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“It's incongruous that the older we get, the more likely we are to turn in the direction of religion. Less vivid and intense ourselves, closer to the grave, we begin to conceive of ourselves as immortal.”
“We get blows and return them.”
“The imaginary expression âˆš(-a) and the negative expression -b, have this resemblance, that either of them occurring as the solution of a problem indicates some inconsistency or absurdity. As far as real meaning is concerned, both are imaginary, since 0 - a is as inconceivable as âˆš(-a).”
“Convinced that character is all and circumstances nothing, [the Puritan] sees in the poverty of those who fall by the way, not a misfortune to be pitied and relieved, but a moral failing to be condemned, and in riches, not an object of suspicion ... but the blessing which rewards the triumph of energy and will.”

Source : R. H. Tawney (2016). “Religion And The Rise Of Capitalism”, p.198, Verso Books
“My three keys to success: One, work hard. Two, be your own person. And three, have a passion for what you're doing.”
“Just let awareness have its way with you completely.”
“He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good.”
“I put myself on the line with my truth and my sexuality. That is my choice. My choice”

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