"Our castle is not imposing, but is well built, and surrounded by a very fine garden. I live in the bailiff's house."

-- Franz Schubert

#Garden Quotes #House Quotes #Castles Quotes

“The power is neutral. It cannot be divided into positive and negative energies. Power is power.”

Source : Scott Cunningham (2012). “Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs”, p.14, Llewellyn Worldwide
“Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time: the need for man to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.”
“I think what's happening with the veterans is a gift from God to show us what happens when you take layers and layers of bureaucracy and place them between the patients and the health care provider. And if we can't get it right, with the relatively small number of veterans, how in the world are you going to do it with the entire population?”
“It's better to avoid than to run; better to run than to de-escalate; better to de-escalate than to fight; better to fight than to die. The very essence of self-defense is a thin list of things that might get you out alive when you are already screwed.”

Source : "Meditations on Violence: A Comparison of Martial Arts Training & Real World Violence". Book by Rory Miller, 2008.
“Admitting weakness seems to be such a severe psychic threat for Bush that when he makes a mistake it's safer just to reinforce it. The strategy creates a perverse system of rewards and punishments”
“Today, Musana is a thriving orphanage in Iganga, Uganda, housing over one hundred children! When asked what it was that made her fight for these children she simply said, â€œI just kept thinking, â€˜If I donâ€™t do something, who will?' Today, so many of us Christians talk so much about being the hands and feet of Christ, but never really displaying what that looks like. Itâ€™s not about talking. Itâ€™s about doing! Itâ€™s time for us to do something!”
“I feel more at home knowing I'm not really at home. It takes all the pressure off you trying to fit in!”
“We must generate courage equal to the size of the difficulties we face.”

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