"Though times have changed, it's a nice surprise to see that youthful feeling of anti-war sentiment returning once more to the cobbled main streets of Europe."

-- Cat Stevens

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“I think we may be seeing the beginnings of a resurgence of civic-mindedness in this country. Hopefully the younger generations, which came out in record numbers during the last presidential election, will pass their enthusiasm on to their children.”
“Uncovering secrets is apocalyptic in the simple sense (the Greek root means â€˜an uncoveringâ€™). In this case, it lifts the shame covers. It allows articulation to enter where silence once ruled.”

Source : Lewis Hyde (2010). “Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth and Art”, p.432, Macmillan
“The authors of the gospels were unlettered and ignorant men and the teachings of Jesus have come to us mutilated, misstated and unintelligible.”
“Love thine enemies for the strengths they call up in us make them the instruments of our destiny.”
“There have been many instances of people combining the political life with the spiritual life, a life of constant self-examination. Gandhi was a great example of that.”
“She understood that her heart operated on its own instructions, that she had no control over it or, indeed, anything else.”

Source : Jeffrey Eugenides (2003). “Middlesex”, p.22, A&C Black
“The majority of people don't want to plan. They want to be free of the responsibility of planning. What they ask for is merely some assurance that they will be decently provided for. The rest is a day-to-day enjoyment of life. That's the explanation for your Father Divines; people naturally flock to anyone they can trust for the necessities of life... They are the backbone of a community--solid, trust-worthy, essential.”
“Then in 1969, I spent the spring term at Cornell University in New York. The invasion of August 1968 had already happened, but the hardline regime took several months to crack down on dissidents.”

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