"The singular man is singular in comparison to other men, but a companion of Heaven. So it is said, the petty man of Heaven is a gentleman among men; the gentleman among men is the petty man of Heaven."

-- Burton Watson

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“I feel like a small battlefield in which the problems, or some of the problems, of our time are being fought out. All one can hope to do is keep oneself humbly available, to allow oneself to be a battlefield. After all, the problems must be accommodated, have somewhere to struggle and come to rest and we, poor little humans, must put our inner space at their service and not run away.”
“The same people in the Congress who are busy kicking holes in the social safety net are also those who would sell off the nation's forests for a song, give away its national parks, and trash its wilderness preserves; there is a connection between the two impulses.”

Source : Paul Gruchow (1997). “Boundary Waters: The Grace of the Wild”
“When someone's been gone a long time, at first you save up all the things you want to tell them. You try to keep track of everything in your head. But it's like trying to hold on to a fistful of sand: all the little bits slip out of your hands, and then you're just clutching air and grit.”
“There's nobody playing better than J.R. Sweezy”
“Art grabs people by their eyeballs, it seduces them ... art is a means to an end rather than simply an end in itself.”
“I wanted to be on the stage, doing very important emotional roles.”
“One never knows when one is old for certain.”

Source : Enid Bagnold (1970). “Four plays”
“Be kind, be decent, be generous, be tolerant, compassionate, and understanding. Be fast to praise, slow to judge. Remember, we're all human, and don't cast the first stone.”

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