"The follower of Tao is always flexible and adaptable to circumstance."

-- Ming-Dao Deng

#Followers Quotes #Tao Quotes #Circumstances Quotes

“A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the nation at his service.”

Source : In Observer 30 Dec. 1973
“If there is any emergence of a fourth party in British politics, it is the task of the Liberal Party to strangle it at birth.”
“It would have been possible to structure my photographs in such a way that no indicators of the present were discernible. However, I wanted to incorporate into the project as a whole the jostling of time-frames I would feel as I set up my tripod on various rocky promontories.”
“Facing death calmly is praiseworthy only if one faces it alone. Death together is no longer death, even for unbelievers. The source of sorrows lies not in leaving life, but in leaving that which gives it meaning. When love is our whole life, what difference is there between living together and dying together ?”
“It's lovely being a parent and being in a strong marriage with somebody who is your best friend.”
“I've forgotten who I had lunch with earlier, and even more important, where.”
“A month ago there was nothing on Earth I missed, enjoyed, or longed for. I knew I could lose everything and not feel anything, and I rested easy in that knowledge. But I'm growing tired of easy things.”
“Throughout most of my life, I raised tobacco. I want you to know that my own hands, all of my life, I put in the plant beds and transferred it! I hoed it! I've dug in it! I've sprayed it! I've chopped it! I've shredded it, spiked it, put it in the barn and stripped it and sold it!”

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