"There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt."

-- Niccolo Machiavelli

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“Through the Pilates Method of Body Conditioning this unique trinity of a balanced body, mind and spirit can ever be attained. Self-confidence follows.”
“Islands are where species go to die.”

Source : "The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions". Book by David Quammen, 1996.
“Modern man is too impatient and wants to master the art of meditation immediately.”

Source : Swami Rama (1977). “Freedom from the Bondage of Karma”, p.73, Himalayan Institute Press
“I was looking for someone to formulate a skin care line I could use.”
“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home. It is no season in which to wander the world as if one were the wind blowing aimlessly along the streets without a place to rest, without food, and without time meaning anything to one, just as time means nothing to the wind.”
“To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication. Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that's all you have. Being a good actor isn't easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I'm done.”
“There is no comfortable middle path where we get to provide a rational justification for our basic moral, religious and common sense beliefs.”

Source : "Diotima’s child". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. September 21, 2012.
“I'm a former hippie, so clothes are important to me - your clothes defined you in that period. I guess clothes still defines people. But, I change a lot. I'm in my Brooks Brothers period now.”

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