"He has the gift of quiet."

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John le Carre

“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
“We never really know what we want until after we get it. If after we get it, it makes life more miserable, we know that isn't what we wanted. If it makes our life wonderful, we know this is a strategy which will meet out need. That's why Paul Tillich, the theologian says we need to sin courageously. You ask for what you want, hoping to meet your needs. If you get it and it makes life worse, you learn that this isn't what I want.”
“Temporarily in 1934 I became a department head in the German Labor Front and dealt with the improvement of labor conditions in German factories. Then I was in charge of public works on the staff of Hess. I gave up both these activities in 1941.”
“Ghosts, like ladies, never speak till spoke to.”
“The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything.”

Source : Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1945). “Hegel's Philosophy of right”
“I like the hot dogs at Dodger Stadium.”
“Tradition is not something a man can learn; not a thread he picks up when he feels like it; any more than a man can choose his own ancestors. Someone lacking a tradition who would like to have one is like a man unhappily in love.”
“I wasnt an easy, happy-go-lucky girl because I used to think about everything so much, and I think I probably still do.”

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