"We gain no wisdom by imposing our way on others."

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Source : "James Lee Burke: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 31, 2012.

James Lee Burke

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“We remember the heroes who ran into the burning buildings to rescue those trapped inside, and the dauntless passengers on Flight 93 who laid down their lives to save others, including almost certainly those of us in the U.S. Capitol.”
“From the sea came a boat with some Israeli commando soldiers who took me by the commando boat to the yacht and put me on the yacht. In the yacht I asked people, who are you. And they said we are Israelis, French and British.”

Source : "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.counterpunch.org. August 18, 2004.
“It might be funny when you get hit by a car, but not when you get run over by one.”
“Noncooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, so is the ballet.”
“I believe in God, and I trust myself in His hands.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 595, 1895.
“Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.”

Source : Regina Brett (2010). “Life's Little Detours: 50 Lessons to Find and Hold onto Happiness”, p.14, Hachette UK
“If you play an audiotape of a yawn to blind people, they'll yawn too.”
“Issue a blanket pardon. Forgive everyone who has ever hurt you in any way. Forgiveness is a perfectly selfish act. It sets you free from the past.”

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