"I appreciate any organization or individual people who sincerely make an effort to promote harmony between humanity, and particularly harmony between the various religions. I consider it very sacred work and very important work"

-- Dalai Lama

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“Was the crew well? Was I not? I had profited in many ways by the voyage. I had even gained flesh, and actually weighed a pound more than when I sailed from Boston.”

Source : Joshua Slocum (1985). “The Voyages of Joshua Slocum”, p.372, Sheridan House, Inc.
“One inch at a time, that was how her father had taught her. You can't do anything but worry about the few inches right in front of you.”
“No other God have I but thee, born in a manger, died on a tree.”
“Ken Bates is a football cretin.”
“I don't think you ever want to be too settled, because once you become settled, you lose a lot of your drive. I mean, I am settled off the court; the business side of things, the papers, contracts and all of that, but there are a lot things that I need to work on, on the court, like my free-throw shooting, which has been terrible. I need to work on being more demanding in the post. My teammates are going to come to me and I just need to go out there and score in the post, which will open up things for our guards.”

Source : Interview with Bobby Ciafardini, www.insidehoops.com. November 10, 2008.
“You do not steal from the dragon, oh, no. The dragon remembers.”
“It would have been more to the point, more honest and more Christian, in past decades not to support those who intentionally destroyed healthy life than to rebel against those who have no other wish than to avoid disease. Moreover, a policy of laissez faire in this sphere is not only cruelty to the individual guiltless victims but also to the nation as a whole... If the Churches were to declare themselves ready to take over the treatment and care of those suffering from hereditary diseases, we should be quite ready to refrain from sterilizing them.”
“The paradox of American democracy has been that its slogan of equal opportunity has meant, often, equal opportunity to get power over your fellows.”

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