"But if you want to change the world, don't be afraid of the circuses."

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Source : William H. McRaven's Commencement Address at the University of Texas at Austin, news.utexas.edu. May 16, 2014.

William H. McRaven

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“In the material world, where everything is valued, when you commit yourself to God, beauty and love, it can be mistaken for extravagance.”
“Because of the need to remove all modernism, we stayed in the middle of nowhere all day long, living out of tents. It was cold. It definitely set the scene.”
“What I have always loved most in men is imperfection. I get moved by the wrinkles on the throat of a man. It makes me love him more. I think it is sad that more women don't take the chance that maybe men will be moved by seeing the chin a little less firm than it used to be, that a man will be more in love with his wife because he remembers who she was and sees who she is and thinks, God, isn't that lovely that this happened to her. And be moved by life telling its story there.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It is very important that the president thematically shows where we're going in terms of the vision and an agenda.”
“My dear creature, I have done with all debate. But you know as well as I, patriotism is a word; and one that generally comes to mean either MY COUNTRY, RIGHT OR WRONG, which is infamous, or MY COUNTRY IS ALWAYS RIGHT, which is imbecile.”
“Ultimately the case for shunning animal flesh does not rest on what the Buddha allegedly said or didn't say. What is does rest on is our innate moral goodness, compassion, and pity which, when liberated, lead us to value all forms of life. It is obvious, then, that willfully to take life, or through the eating of meat indirectly to cause others to kill, runs counter to the deepest instincts of human beings.”

Source : Philip Kapleau (1982). “To Cherish All Life: A Buddhist Case for Becoming Vegetarian”, Harper San Francisco
“Many handis make light warke.”
“I think the time of the formal dinners is over.”

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