"When it is understood that one loses joy and happiness in the attempt to possess them, the essence of natural farming will be realized. The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings."

-- Masanobu Fukuoka

#Essence Quotes #Goal Quotes #Perfection Quotes

“My clothes are great for a honeymoon: They're light and sexy, colorful and pretty, and not expensive.”
“We are always afraid to start something that we want to make very good, true, and serious.”
“I think it's really cool that videogames are getting more and more sophisticated and believable, and that people who worked on movies are being asked to art direct and design video games and characters, so they look better and better. When I see Jurassic Park on the screen, I predicted that games would be able to create a virtual experience that was just as real as the movies - we're not quite there yet, but it's getting better all the time.”
“Want keeps pace with dignity. Destitute of the lawful means of supporting his rank, his dignity presents a motive for malversation, and his power furnishes the means.”
“Cheese, like oil, makes too much of itself.”
“I do not believe the accusations against my husband, not for one second.”

Source : "The Crisis in a Nutshell: 'A Rutting Chimpanzee'" by Will Oremus, www.newyorker.com. May 16, 2011.
“No festival of martial glory or warrior's renown is this; no pageant pomp of war-like conquest, no glory of fratricidal strife attend this day. It is dedicated to peace, civilization and the triumphs of industry. It is a demonstration of fraternity and the harbinger of a better age-a more chivalrous time, when labor shall be best honored and well rewarded.”
“The fame which bids fair to live the longest resembles that which Horace attributes to Marcellus, whose progress he compares to the silent, imperceptible growth of a tree.”

Source : William Benton Clulow (1843). “Aphorisms and Reflections: A Miscellany of Thought and Opinion”, p.419

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