"We live in stirring times- tea-stirring times."

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Source : Christopher Isherwood (2008). “The Berlin Stories”, p.18, New Directions Publishing

Christopher Isherwood

“God comes to each of us in the form we can best perceive Him. To you, just now, He was a heron. To someone else, He might come as a flower or even a breeze.”

Source : Richard Zimler (2000). “The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon”, p.22, The Overlook Press
“The great Tibetan meditator Gungtang Jampelyang once asked 'What is the difference between a wise man and a fool?' The difference lies in their intention. A wise person is someone who has a good intention, not someone who merely possesses knowledge.”
“She suspected him of infidelity, with and without reason, morning, noon and night.”
“It is from him, from Beolco Ruzzante, that I've learned to free myself from conventional literary writing and to express myself with words that you can chew, with unusual sounds, with various techniques of rhythm and breathing, even with the rambling nonsense-speech of the 'grammelot.'”
“The best way to fight stupidity, is by ignoring it.”
“And with each day that passed, the gulf broadened and my isolation became more accentuated. In such a situation, the discovery that my experience was not unique, that it had also been that of other Spanish intellectuals, became very important for me.”
“Each of us can and must shift our behavior according to our ability. For some, that means changing diet, shopping locally, or putting solar panels on their house. For others, it means using their voice to inspire transformative change.”
“At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.”

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