"People are always asking, "What's the purpose of life?" That's easy. Relieve suffering. Create beauty. Make gardens."

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Dan Barker

#Beauty Quotes #Garden Quotes #People Quotes

“Without a goal to work toward, we will not get there.”
“I've always tried to be fair, even-handed, not an advocate for any group.”
“I like to play video games like 'Rock Band' and 'Guitar Hero.'”
“There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.”
“We should face reality and our past mistakes in an honest, adult way. Boasting of glory does not make glory, and singing in the dark does not dispel fear. King Hussein Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error. - Thomas Jefferson We have made mistakes. In our haste to do all things for all people, we did not foresee the full consequences of our actions. And when the people raised their voices, we didn't hear. But our deafness was only a temporary condition, and not an irreversible condition.”

Source : "Remarks during a conference of Arab chiefs of state". The New York Times, p. 6, August 31, 1967.
“When I sit down to write a book, I do not say to myself, 'I am going to produce a work of art.' I write it because there is some lie that I want to expose, some fact to which I want to draw attention, and my initial concern is to get a hearing.”
“I felt as if I learned a few things. I learned that it's sometimes okay to think like a weenie, so long as you don't act like oneâ€”at least not all the time. I learned that it's okay to be wrong, as long as you can admit it and are willing to listen to those who may know better.”

Source : D.J. MacHale (2002). “The Merchant of Death”, p.359, Simon and Schuster
“I have drunken deep of joy, And I will taste no other wine tonight.”

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