"And maybe it is only by finding yourself that you can feel the true intensity of becoming close to another person."

-- David Levithan

#Finding Yourself Quotes #Becoming Quotes #Intensity Quotes

“A people living under the perpetual menace of war and invasion is very easy to govern. It demands no social reform. It does not haggle over expenditures for armaments and military equipment. It pays without discussion, it ruins itself, and that is an excellent thing for the syndicates of financiers and manufacturers for whom patriotic terrors are an abundant source of gain.”
“From the fame opinion of a soul distinct from the body came the practice of praying, first for the dead, and then to them with a long train of other absurd opinions, and superstitious practices.”

Source : Joseph Priestley (1782). “An History of the Corruption of Christianity”, p.442
“I'm being followed so much I'm causing traffic jams.”

Source : John Grisham (2011). “Three Classic Thrillers 3-Book Bundle: The Firm, The Appeal, The Chamber”, p.299, Dell
“The part of me which wanders through my mind and never sees or feels actual objects, but which lives in and moves through my passions and my emotions, experiences this world as a horrible nightmare.”

Source : Jack Henry Abbott (1982). “In the belly of the beast: letters from prison”, Vintage
“The first commandment of economics is: Grow. Grow forever. Companies get bigger. National economies need to swell by a certain percent each year. People should want more, make more, earn more, spend more - ever more. The first commandment of the Earth is: enough. Just so much and no more. Just so much soil. Just so much water. Just so much sunshine. Everything born of the Earth grows to its appropriate size and then stops.”
“I learned how to play hard to get (push and pull) from my teacher Kwon Jiyong.”
“I understand how to read people, and nurture them and guide them, and let them be free to do what they want to do.”
“I'm going to paraphrase Thoreau here... rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness... give me truth.”

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