"As human beings we all want to be happy and free from misery. We have learned that the key to happiness is inner peace. The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as anger and attachment, fear and suspicion, while love and compassion, a sense of universal responsibility are the sources of peace and happiness."

-- Dalai Lama

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“Now that I have confirmed that the Vikings have been seeking to trade me, I have asked for permission to speak to the interested teams. The Vikings have denied my request. If a trade does not happen, then I am asking the Vikings to terminate my contract as soon as possible.”
“This is why you must love life: one day you're offering up your social security number to the Russian Mafia; two weeks later you're using the word calve as a verb.”

Source : Maria Semple (2012). “Where'd You Go, Bernadette”, p.241, Hachette UK
“My father, who had lost a brother, fighting on the Austrian side in World War I, was a committed pacifist.”
“In a broadcast society, there were these gatekeepers, the editors, and they controlled the flows of information. Along came the Internet and it swept them out of the way, and it allowed all of us to connect together, and it was awesome. But that's not actually what's happening right now.”

Source : "Beware online 'filter bubbles'". TED conference, www.ted.com. March 2011.
“The Six Faces of the FUTURE are: Fast, Urban, Tribal, Universal, Radical and Ethical.”

Source : "Futurewise". Book by David Perkins, 1998.
“What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.”
“The miracle is that the universe created a part of itself, to study itself,â€¨and that this part in studying itself finds the rest of the universe in its own natural inner realities.”
“A nation under a well regulated government, should permit none to remain uninstructed. It is monarchical and aristocratical government only that requires ignorance for its support.”

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