"The closest natural area to you is the wild, naturally intelligent biological community within you."

-- Michael J Cohen

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“Perhaps the greatest charity comes when we are kind to each other, when we donâ€™t judge or categorize someone else, when we simply give each other the benefit of the doubt or remain quiet. Charity is accepting someoneâ€™s differences, weaknesses, and shortcomings; having patience with someone who has let us down; or resisting the impulse to become offended when someone doesnâ€™t handle something the way we might have hoped. Charity is refusing to take advantage of anotherâ€™s weakness and being willing to forgive someone who has hurt us. Charity is expecting the best of each other”
“Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.”
“A silence reigns upon the air, Upon the pansies by the shore, Upon the violets, pale and fair, Upon the willow, bending o'er; The reeds and lilies silent grow, The dark green waters silent sleep, Save when the summer breezes blow, Or silvery minnows leap.”

Source : George Arnold (1866). “Drift: A Sea-shore Idyl : and Other Poems”, p.81
“I see in the papers where Roy Guthrie committed suicide. Why, I wonder?”
“I celebrate masculinity when I'm onstage.”
“Little kids learn to walk by falling. They fall forward and eventually they start catching themselves. All walking is controlled falling. Itâ€™s the same with success. You learn by failing. Success is just controlled failing.”
“The minute I started being recognised, I became much more discreet.”

Source : "Vincent Cassel: 'You can't escape from what you are'". Interview with Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. February 4, 2012.
“You get the right collection of people together and you get the atmosphere together that it is very free where there is no judgment. If you create an atmosphere that is very open you steer the ship.”

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