"When people begin to philosophize they seem to think it necessary to make themselves artificially stupid."

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Bertrand Russell

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“Trying to describe what I do in prayer would be like telling the world how I make love to my wife.”
“When I was discharged, I attended the University of Paris and met a beautiful Parisian girl, Janine. We soon married and eventually returned to the States.”
“It's fun! Just fun...I don't think of it as a cabaret act per se, I call it more of a gig, if that makes any sense”
“That was the way it was that beautiful evening of cold November rain and muddy country roads and crazy windshield wipers. That was the moment of my greatest security and confidence; it was the time when I realized that love makes one a better person, a kinder gentler one.”

Source : Irene Hunt (2005). “Up a Road Slowly”, p.96, Penguin
“Step by step, you make your way forward. Thatâ€™s why practices such as daily writing exercises or keeping a daily blog can be so helpful. You see yourself do the work, which shows you that you can do the work. Progress is reassuring and inspiring; panic and then despair set in when you find yourself getting nothing done day after day. One of the painful ironies of work life is that the anxiety of procrastination often makes people even less likely to buckle down in the future.”
“I think that a lot of us, whether we are religious or not - there are no words to express some things except religious words. For instance, 'soul.'”
“I loved reading the Dalai Lama's words: My religion is loving-kindness. I realized that meant loving-kindness to everyone in my life: past, present, and future; and that meant loving-kindness to myself-in my pain, in my jealousy, in my fear.”

Source : Elizabeth Kim (2000). “Ten Thousand Sorrows: The Extraordinary Journey of a Korean War Orphan”
“I think that overall, ultimately the impact of advertisers calling the shots is a more cloying, complacent culture. For example, it was just announced that Unilever is branding environmental content at The Guardian. How radical or pointed can that content be?”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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