"Le silence est la plus grande perseÂ cution: jamais les saints ne se sont tus. Silence is the greatest of all persecutions: no saint was ever silent."

-- Blaise Pascal

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“After watching wrestling for 20 years, I thought I had enough confidence to do it. There were no wrestling schools at the time.”
“. . . persist in that invocation until the unity of the world is subsumed for you in a single sphere, so that with the eye of your heart you will see naught in the two worlds save the One.”
“A president who is burdened with a failed and unpopular war, and who has lost the trust of the country, simply can no longer govern. He is destined to become as much a failure as his war.”
“If you have made a mistake cut your losses as quickly as possible.”

Source : Bernard Mannes Baruch (1970). “Baruch: My own story”
“While I've always been critical about this peddling of spiritual materialism, it wasn't until I went to Nepal that I came face-to-face with my own spiritual materialism. The thing is, Kathmandu is noisy, and dusty, and crowded, and everywhere you go you see these same Western yoga teachers, hashish-smoking backpackers, and fair-trade shop owners, all seeking the stalls filled with amazing Buddha statues, hand carved mirrors, beautiful yak scarves, and thangka paintings. And everyone is buying stuff!”

Source : Source: www.raintaxi.com
“I had the epiphany that laughter was light, and light was laughter, and that this was the secret of the universe.”
“I donâ€™t really know what â€œintellectualâ€ means, but if it means youâ€™ve got a desire to learn, youâ€™ve got a desire to look for things that havenâ€™t been presented to you, then, maybe. I think that â€œintellectualâ€ is quite an exclusive word. I think itâ€™s just for anyone that has a thirst or a hunger to improve themselves, or a yearning to escape from somewhere to get to a better place.”
“Good education means learning to read, write and most importantly learn how to learn so that you can be whatever you want to be when you grow up.”

Source : Democracy Month Live Chat, www.scholastic.com. October 5, 1994.

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