"Mindful of the fact you live in an agricultural country, I presume you know what an ass is. We read in the New Testament that our blessed Lord rode on an ass in triumph into the city of Jerusalem. Today the Lord rides on another ass: I myself."

-- Richard Cushing

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“I think all phases of one's career are serious if you take it seriously no matter if you are doing high profile dramatic pieces or not.”
“We receive the truths of science by compulsion. Nothing but ignorance is able to resist them.”

Source : Chauncey Wright (2003). “Philosphical Discussions”, p.76, A&C Black
“The more we obey God, the more we desire to help others. The more we help others, the more we love God and on and on. Conversely, the more we disobey God and the more selfish we are, the less love we feel.”
“It is the lot of man to share in the deeper aspirations of the universe around him and to share his own destiny as well as that of the universe, now by adjusting himself to its forces, now by putting the whole of his energy to his own ends and purposes.”
“Because there is something helpless and weak and innocent - something like an infant - deep inside us all that really suffers in ways we would never permit an insect to suffer.”

Source : Jack Henry Abbott (1982). “In the belly of the beast: letters from prison”, Vintage
“These were the companions who justified my principles, who gave me the strength to continue against any foe, real or imagined. These were the companions who fought the helplessness, the rage, and frustration. These were the friends who gave me my life.”
“Deeper meaning resides in the fairy tales told to me in my childhood than in the truth that is taught by life.”
“We try to avoid the single-building syndrome. You have to look at the big picture. If you try to put social and cultural development ahead of economic development, it doesnâ€™t work. You have to do it all together.”

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