"The establishment of Civil and Religious Liberty was the Motive which induced me to the Field - the object is attained - and it now remains to be my earnest wish & prayer, that the Citizens of the United States could make a wise and virtuous use of the blessings placed before them."

-- George Washington

#Wise Quotes #Religious Quotes #Prayer Quotes

“People don't mind being in prison as long as no one else is free. But stage a jailbreak, and everybody else freaks out.”

Source : "What Are You Going to Do With That?". www.chronicle.com. October 3, 2010.
“People mostly do as they like, and that would be fine if they'd let other people do the same.”
“Nobody - myself included - believes that we could ever achieve total information awareness. But the government needs to set goals and long-range objectives. Total information awareness is a good goal.”
“I suppose that, for me at least, the biggest difference betweenThe Gunslinger Born and the next two story arcs (The Long Road Home and Treachery), is that while Gunslinger Bornwas a translation of an existing novel, the next two arcs are really the stories that I've been weaving since I first started working with Steve King on the Dark Tower back in 2000/2001.”

Source : Source: www.graphicnovelreporter.com
“I just don't want to die the same day Castro dies”
“Our task is to accept each moment and move on from there, continuing to do our level best.”

Source : John Daishin Buksbazen (2010). “Zen Meditation in Plain English”, p.22, ReadHowYouWant.com
“Like most business people, I want every aspect of my business to be perfect. I know that this goal is unachievable, but it is nevertheless what I strive to achieve .”
“I believe that truth has only one face: that of a violent contradiction.”

Source : Georges Bataille (1984). “Violent silence: celebrating Georges Bataille”

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