"A man in his own secret meditation / Is lost amid the labyrinth that he has made / In art or politics."

-- William Butler Yeats

#Art Quotes #Men Quotes #Meditation Quotes

“Why fit in when you were born to stand out?”
“According to your belief [Christian clergy], my kind of man â€” secular, prideful, agnostic and all the rest of it â€” is among the damned. I'm on my own. You've got your God.”
“I was extravagant in the matter of cameras - anything photographic - I had to have the best. But that was to further my work. In most things I have gone along with the plainest - or without.”
“The United States, like any great power, is always going to have an intelligence operation, and some electronic surveillance is obligatory in the modern world.”

Source : "The Snowden Effect, Continued" by Charles P.Pierce, www.esquire.com. August 20, 2013.
“It is becoming impossible for those who mix at all with their fellow-men to believe that the grace of God is distributed denominationally.”
“Never having alone time is real tough on people.”
“I wondered what you'd have on the side with a plate of Deep Fried Anxiety. Pickles? Coleslaw? Potato-strychnine mash?”
“The two major challenges for the 21st century are to improve the economic situation of the majority and save as much of the planet as we can.”

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