"Unruly beings are as unlimited as space They cannot possibly all be overcome, But if I overcome thoughts of anger alone This will be equivalent to vanquishing all foes. Where would I possibly find enough leather With which to cover the surface of the earth? But (wearing) leather just on the soles of my shoes Is equivalent to covering the earth with it. Likewise it is not possible for me To restrain the external course of things; But should I restrain this mind of mine What would be the need to restrain all else?"

-- Shantideva

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“Art is nothing more than the shadow of humanity.”
“Is there anything more important than a child?”
“The thing I was attracted to as a little girl was Kirk, Bones and Spock, and their utter loyalty. There's nothing more powerful than that.”
“And the general shot my sister. I could not look at her, but I remember the sound of when she hit the ground. I hear that sound when things hit the ground still. Anything.' If I could, I would make it so nothing ever hit the ground again.”
“I went down like a drunken cowgirl trying to line dance to Metallica.”

Source : Darynda Jones (2011). “First Grave on the Right”, p.8, Macmillan
“Hindsight is not necessarily the best guide to understanding what really happened. The past is often as distorted by hindsight as it is clarified by it.”

Source : Amos Elon (2003). “The Pity of it All: A Portrait of German Jews, 1743-1933”
“Jesus appeared unto the ancient Nephites, in the northern part of what we call South America...”

Source : "The Seer", Volume 1, Number 2, (p. 26-27), 1853.
“Reading can be a road to freedom or a key to a secret garden, which, if tended, will transform all of life.”

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