"We ordinary people must forge our own beauty. We must set fire to the greyness of our labor with the art of our own lives ... What is the essence of this art of living? Of course, even this art should have beauty as its essence."

-- Kenji Miyazawa

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“My mother is a great source of advice and wisdom and consolation for me.”
“You are so to put forth the power that God has given you; you are so to give, and sacrifice to give, as to earn the eulogium pronounced on the woman, "She hath done what she could." Do it now. It is not a safe thing to leave a generous feeling to the cooling influences of a cold world. If you intend to do a mean thing, wait till tomorrow; if you are to do a noble thing, do it now,--now!”
“I vow and protest there's more plague than pleasure with a secret.”

Source : David Garrick, George Colman, the elder (1995). “The Clandestine Marriage”, p.46, Broadview Press
“Your destiny is my destiny. Your happiness is my happiness.”
“A foolish man in wealth and authority is like a weak-timbered house with a too-ponderous roof.”
“You might declare that global warming and energy insecurity, not to mention urban sprawl and pollution, have intensified the sin of indulging one's motoring desires. And I would not argue with that point. You're right. I am a bad man. But over the long term, if you want to develop a new transportation and energy policy, you'd probably want to err on the side of assuming that people won't change much. And it is human nature to like to be empowered.”

Source : "The Car of the Future". voices.washingtonpost.com. December 2, 2008.
“I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I know that blood has to be spilled and disharmony and cruelty are necessary to do that.”
“Prostitution, black marketeering, and informing on ones neighbors and friends all had such a deep-rooted tradition in Romania that there was a charming naturalness and innocence about it.”

Source : Robert D. Kaplan (2014). “Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History”, p.81, Picador

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