"Buddha was not a Christian, but Jesus would have made a good Buddhist."

-- Ray Wylie Hubbard

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“Do not encumber your mind with useless thoughts. What good does it do to brood on the past or anticipate the future? Remain in the simplicity of the present moment.”
“I do not believe the United States is well served by a policy that says it is OK to be immoral in any way.”

Source : "The Crime of Conviction" by Chuck Colson, www.christianpost.com. March 18, 2007.
“We are all "conservatives" in some sense, because we want to "conserve" some things while changing others. We are all "liberals" because we all want to be "free" in some respects. We are all "progressives" because we want to progress towards something: the question is, towards what? So instead of asking someone, are you conservative or liberal, right-wing or left-wing, why don't I ask what you want to conserve, and what to change, and why? Then we might finally have an intelligent debate about politics.”
“When I see birches bend to left and right... I like to think some boy's been swinging them.”
“What an age do we live in, when 'tis a miracle if in ten couples that are married, two of them live so as not to publish to the world that they cannot agree.”

Source : Dorothy Osborne, Edward Abbott Parry (2014). “Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652–54”, p.184, Cambridge University Press
“We know nothing of the trials, sorrows and temptations of those around us, of pillows wet with sobs, of the life-tragedy that may be hidden behind a smile, of the secret cares, struggles, and worries that shorten life and leave their mark in hair prematurely whitened, and a character changed and almost recreated in a few days. Let us not dare to add to the burden of another the pain of our judgment.”

Source : William George Jordan (1901). “The kingship of self-control [from Self-control, its kingship and majesty] by W.G. Jordon [sic].”
“Direct sales offers the education my rich dad taught: build your own network rather than working for a network.”
“Shakespeare was naturally learned; he needed not the spectacles of the books to read nature; he looked inward, and found her there.”

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