"Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome."

-- Benjamin Whichcote

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“In the days that follow, he begins to remember things about Moushumi, images that come to him without warning while he is sitting at his desk at work, or during a meeting, or drifting off to sleep, or standing in the mornings under the shower. They are scenes he has carried within him, buried but intact, scenes he has never thought about or had reason to conjure up until now.”
“The photographer hopes, in brief, to discover a tension so exact that it is peace.”
“I had thought of annihilating the entire block that I lived on.”
“To date, embryonic stem cell research has not produced a single medical treatment, where ethical, adult stem cell research has produced some 67 medical miracles.”
“Good fiction must be entertaining- but what makes fiction special- and True- is that the realness of a novel allows it to carry a larger message.”
“Anyone who tells you to deny yourself is from Satan.”
“I was always the type of drug user that I had no moderation. When I was smoking and drinking, I was full on smoking and drinking. And I am also the type of drug user where I do smoke and drink, there's no creativity in terms of my writing process. I would just stare at the paper for hours and nothing would get done.”

Source : Source: respect-mag.com
“Giving others the freedom to be stupid is one of the most important and hardest steps to take in spiritual progress. Conveniently the opportunity to take that step is all around us every day.”

Source : Thaddeus Golas (2002). “The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment”, p.106, Gibbs Smith

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