"The peace of our world is indivisible. As long as negative forces are getting the better of positive forces anywhere, we are all at risk."

-- Aung San Suu Kyi

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“You can't be who you are going to be and who you used to be at the same time.”

Source : Twitter post from Dec 8, 2016
“Briefly, in the act of composition, as an instrument there intervenes and is most potent, fire, flaming, fervid, hot; but in the very substance of the compound there intervenes, as an ingredient, as it is commonly called, as a material principle and as a constituent of the whole compound the material and principle of fire, not fire itself. This I was the first to call phlogiston.”
“Maybe the greatest favour a spouse can tender is to overlook what you can't.”
“There's always pressure, from other people and yourself. If you're happy with the looks you're born with, then what are you going to do your whole life? We keep thinking up new things and finding better ways of doing things because we're not happy with what we're given.”
“I can train any dog in 5 minutes. It's training the owner that takes longer.”
“The claim of the Zen followers that they are transmitting the essence of Buddhism is based on their belief that Zen takes hold of the enlivening spirit of the Buddha, stripped of all its historical and doctrinal garments.”
“We're so busy resigning ourselves to the inevitable that we don't even ask if it is inevitable. We've got to have courage, to take our future into our hands. If the law is oppressive, we must change the law. If tradition is obstructive, we must break tradition. If the system is unjust, we must reform the system.”
“Sweet treats are as much a part of our culture as they are our taste palettes, and it can sometimes seem as though sugary snacks are everywhere.”

Source : "The Power Of The Miracle Berry" by Homaro Cantu, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 5, 2013.

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