"There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good. One person I have to make good: Myself. But my duty to my neighbor is much more nearly expressed by saying that I have to make him happy if I may."

-- Robert Louis Stevenson

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“Your beliefs will be the light by which you see, but they will not be what you see and they will not be a substitute for seeing.”
“Creativity is to think more efficiently.”
“As Joanna Macy reminds us, "Information by itself can increase resistance [to engagement], deepening the sense of apathy and powerlessness." Stories about particular individuals and specific situations usually have the opposite effect. By giving unwieldy problems a human face, they also bring them down to a human-and thus manageable-scale.”

Source : Paul Rogat Loeb (2010). “Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in Challenging Times”, p.127, St. Martin's Griffin
“I'm living my life for an audience of one. I live my life to please God. And I believe if He's pleased, that people like my mother and my daddy, my grandparents, you know, my husband, my children, they'll be pleased.”
“Richard Nixon was a very intelligent and able man. And he had the right ideas. But he did not have the adherence to principles that [Ronald] Reagan had. He did some very good things. We owe to Richard Nixon the volunteer army - he got rid of the draft. And that was a major increase in freedom.”
“There's a victory and defeat-the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats-which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.”
“The only secret I can claim to have is concentration, and that's something that can't be taught.”
“I am a huge supporter for cash for caulkers - which allows people to make improvement for energy efficient in their homes. We should do the same for Americans purchasing appliances and computers and for that matter, new air-conditioner and heating units.”

Source : Interview with Michael Barbaro, www.nytimes.com. January 12, 2010.

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