"I drove away from my mind everything capable of spoiling the sense of the presence of God.... I just make it my business to persevere in His holy presence... My soul has had an habitual, silent, secret conversation with God."

-- Brother Lawrence

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“Frivolous thinking is due to foreign thought. Japan must no longer let the impudence of the white peoples go unpunished. It is the duty of Japan to fulfill her natural destiny, to cause China to respect the Japanese, to expel Chinese influence from Manchuria, and to follow the way of imperial destiny.”

Source : "World War II almanac" by Robert Goralski (p. 9), 1981.
“Ingratitude is often disproportionate to the benefaction received.”
“If you make a 'Star Wars' reference, everybody's familiar with that. It's a common reference that most people can relate to - 'Bartleby, The Scrivener,' probably not so much.”

Source : Interview with Vlada Gelman, www.avclub.com. February 24, 2011.
“Like love, the light or guidance of truth that influences us exists only in living form, not in principles or rules or expectations or advice, however widely circulated”
“In truth, it is I who have defiled myself, for one is one s own fiercest enemy.”
“I stay healthy by dealing with things! Seriously, emotional and spiritual health is most important.”
“Our right hemisphere, it thinks in pictures and it learns kinesthetically through the movement of our bodies. Information ... explodes into this enormous collage of what this present moment looks like, smells like and tastes like, what it feels like and what it sounds like.”

Source : "My stroke of insight". TED Talk, www.ted.com. February 2008.
“The key to effective teaching is to remember how you learned.”

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