"Happy the innocent whose equal thoughts are free from anguish as they are from faults."

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Source : Edmund Waller (1744). “Sammlung”, p.219

Edmund Waller

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“The wealthy have never liked to pay for the labor that enriches them. Ever since slavery was eliminated, they have been trying to keep it as close to slavery as they can without violating the slave laws.”
“The most important thing is setting up these directives for yourself. Like, "I'm only going to use these three colors - go!" That's why Einstein wore the same thing every day; you don't want to have to reinvent the wheel every morning.”
“The notion of time bothers me. You look at thirty-year-old photographs and realize how the time has passed.”
“Despite current ads and slogans, the world doesn't change one person at a time. It changes when networks of relationships form among people who share a common cause and vision of what's possible. This is good news for those of us intent on creating a positive future. Rather than worry about critical mass, our work is to foster critical connections. We don't need to convince large numbers of people to change; instead, we need to connect with kindred spirits. Through these relationships, we will develop the new knowledge, practices, courage and commitment that lead to broad-based change.”
“Go to the desk. Stay at the desk. Thrive at the desk.”
“We never know our good or bad as we loose our judgement living with them.worst part is we don't accept who we are & hence remain confused for the rest of our life.”
“Do our government's poorly paid contract killers deserve our 'support' for blindly following orders?”
“As an astronomer in the true sense of the term, Sir John Herschel stood before all his contemporaries. Nay, he stood almost alone.”

Source : Richard A. Proctor (1872). “Essays on astronomy: a series of papers on planets and meteors, the sun and sun-surrounding space, stars and star cloudets, and a dissertation on the approaching transits of venus : preceded by a scetch of the life and work of Sir John Herschel”, p.1

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