"There is no great genius without a mixture of madness."

-- Aristotle

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“It took a great deal of acceptance to come to terms with being an alcoholic but acceptance was the key to my sobriety... If I didn't have acceptance at that time in my life I would not be standing here today.”

Source : "Finishing speech a great relief to Eck / Closer brings tears during emotional gathering" by John Shea, www.sfgate.com. July 26, 2004.
“Work hard, have fun and make history.”
“So far from genius discarding law, rather is it the supreme joy of genius to re-enact the eternal and unwritten law in the chamber of its own intel-lect.”
“I was within and without. Simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.”
“Hold the sadness and pain of samsara [suffering, confusion] in your heart and at the same time the power and vision of the Great Eastern Sun [fundamental awake human nature]. Then the warrior [brave enough to look at & work with reality] can make a proper cup of tea.”
“I like to have a good time. I'm playing a great game, so why should I stop smiling when I get on the field?”
“You don't know what it is to live and laugh and love and run a man through! You've never tasted salty air on your tongue or waved heartily at a mermaid!”

Source : Gideon Defoe (2012). “The Pirates! in an Adventure with the Romantics”, p.15, Bloomsbury Publishing
“In order to receive a pardon you must plead guilty.”

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