"The Buddha would not have liked people to call themselves Buddhist. To him that would have been a fundamental error because there are no fixed identities. He would have thought that someone calling himself a Buddhist has too much invested in calling himself a Buddhist."

-- Pankaj Mishra

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“The Highlanders regale themselves with whisky. They find it an excellent preservation against the winter cold. It is given with great success to the infants in the confluent smallpox.”
“I don't know, just scripts randomly appeal to me. I'm not looking specifically at any genre.”
“The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.”

Source : Rebecca West (2011). “The Meaning of Treason”, p.426, Open Road Media
“That is the challenge Companion. To take what has happened to you and learn from it. Nothing is quite so destructive as pity, especially self-pity. No event in life is so terrible that one cannot rise above it.”

Source : Robin Hobb (2014). “The Liveship Traders Trilogy 3-Book Bundle: Ship of Magic, Mad Ship, Ship of Destiny”, p.1940, Del Rey
“The government continues to erode our freedom.”

Source : "Q&A: Rep. Diane Black on the White House's contraceptives mandate". Interview with Sarah Kliff, www.washingtonpost.com. February 10, 2012.
“I'm often at odds with my colleagues, but I've managed to get legislation passed which will not even be attempted in other states. Rather than use the word "cooperate," I'll say there's kind of a peaceful coexistence, a wary watching of each other. I'm very courteous and polite, and people allow me to be. Some people have applied the term charming to me. I don't use that term unless I'm the snake charmer and they're the snake.”

Source : "The Maverick of Omaha". Interview With Michael Beckel, www.motherjones.com. January 5, 2006.
“A dark hour makes Jesus bright.”
“The money's the same, whether you earn it or scam it.”

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