"They make a desert and call it peace."

-- Tacitus

#Peace Quotes #Desert Quotes

“There is a gentle absurdity about Washington, D.C., and it is easy to develop affection for the place, if you can forget that the consequences of what goes on there are real, whereas what goes on there may not be.”
“I asked all of our recruiters to give me all resumes of prospective employees with their name, gender, place of origin, and age blacked out. This simple change shocked me, because I found myself interviewing different-looking candidates - even though I was 100% convinced that I was not being biased in my resume selection process.”
“Because his basic idea that he got from the study of gall wasps is that everyone's sexuality is unique.”
“I feel displaced when I'm back in America, like a visitor. I feel like if I don't get a cup of tea I'm going to lose my mind.”
“I have only hated men at those moments when I realized that I was doing all the giving and they the taking. At least when I was a prostitute, it was all honest and upfront.”
“We stop the one who can't cease from seeking things outside, and practice with our bodies with a posture that seeks absolutely nothing. This is zazen.”

Source : Complete Collection of Sawaki Kodo, vol. 15, p. 336, 1966.
“We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for much longer unless we see it as a whole spaceship and our fate as common. It has to be everybody or nobody.”

Source : R. Buckminster Fuller “World Game Series: Document 1”, Estate of R. Buckminster Fuller
“Given New York City's cultural diversity, it has always attracted creative people.”

Source : "New York vs. Silicon Valley? No City Has A Lock On Innovation" by Fred Wilson, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 4, 2011.

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