"Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror."

-- Herbert Spencer

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“Lovers need to know how to lose themselves and then how to find themselves again.”
“We first have to find the way of freedom from involvement before we can introduce freedom in involvement.”

Source : Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan (1974). “Toward the one”, HarperCollins Publishers
“When you don't know what to play, wait for an idea to come into your opponent's mind. You may be sure that idea will be wrong”
“I never knew how quickly I would go from someone that you loved to someone you used to know.”
“Since the age of 15 poetry has been my ruling passion and I have never intentionally undertaken any task or formed any relationship that seemed inconsistent with poetic principles; which has sometimes won me the reputation of an eccentric.”
“I'm really happiest living life 22 pages at a time and putting things in little boxes on pages.”
“It is a bitter-sweet thing, knowing two cultures. Once you leave your birthplace nothing is ever the same.”

Source : Sarah Turnbull (2011). “Almost French”, p.30, Nicholas Brealey Publishing
“All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher.”

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