"Either we obey God's will who does not kill, or we make our own God's who allow us to make holy wars"

“The waste, the insane freaks of these money men, the cynicism and egotism of their life... I'll show that they are not brilliant, not romantic, not delightful, not intelligent.”

Source : Christina Stead (2012). “House of All Nations”, p.126, Open Road Media

“Most critics write critiques which are by the authors they write critiques about. That would not be so bad, but then most authorswrite works which are by the critics who write critiques about them.”

“Emphasis in China is done aggressively. Sometimes, this is done rudely, but most of the time it's just done routinely. It's just a normal thing in the course of your encounters with Chinese people in every walk of life.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org

“To do nothing evil is good; to wish nothing evil is better.”

“That is the essence and mission of 'rebel buddha': to free us from the illusions we create by ourselves, about ourselves, and from those that masquerade as reality in our cultural and religious institutions.”

“Sometimes to keep it together you've got to leave it alone.”

“Make your mistakes, next year and forever.”

“Mindset changes are not happening from change in legislation. Like desegregation. We legally got rid of legal segregation, but schools are still segregated. You can demand people have better math understanding, but it depends how you interpret math understanding, and what you want it for, and if you think everybody can and should have that.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com