"Everything is true-Everything is permissible!"

-- Hassan-i Sabbah

“I've participated in meetings where there were concerns by ethical experts. There is no clear solution.”
“In one of the decisive battles of World War I, disastrous reports poured into the headquarters of Marshal Foch, the commander of the Allied forces. The great general never lost heart. When things were at their worst, he drafted his famous order which is now in all textbooks of military strategy: "My center is giving way, my right is pushed back, my left is wavering. The situation is excellent. I shall attack!"”
“I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.”

Source : "A Fashionable Life: Paloma Picasso" by Dana Thomas, www.harpersbazaar.com. February 09, 2010.
“I think the Internet is absolutely extraordinary. It's very, very useful and I think one of the things we've got to do is make sure that the African continent gets on to that information super highway.”
“The world's five thousand extant languages are products of our shared ability, but the five thousand cultures they create are separate from each other.”
“...the Federal Reserve has the capacity to operate in domestic money markets to maintain interest rates at a level consistent with our economic goals”
“I like to co-author books to learn from those I write with.”

Source : "Dave and Wendy Ulrich: An interview by Bob Morris". Interview with Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. August 19, 2011.
“Remember that the sudden decision to stop fighting, and just go with the flow, can be incredibly releasing. Resistance is just so draining. There is a beauty to gracious acceptance, an energy that leads to peace.”

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