"With the exception of weapons of mass destruction, there is no other type of attack that is more effective than suicide terrorism. The perception is that it's impossible to guard against."

-- Bruce Hoffman

#Suicide Quotes #Perception Quotes #Weapons Quotes

“I don't need more pain in my life. Why did I invite it in? Do I have to feel pain to believe I feel anything at all?”
“If we are faithful in keeping the commandments of God His promises will be fulfilled to the very letter. . . . The trouble is, the adversary of men's souls blinds their minds. He throws dust, so to speak, in their eyes, and they are blinded with the things of this world.”
“You may twist the word freedom as long as you please, but at last it comes to quiet enjoyment of your own property, or it comes to nothing. Why do men want any of those things that are called political rights and privileges? Why do they, for instance, want to vote at elections for members of parliament? Oh! Because they shall then have an influence over the conduct of those members. And of what use is that? Oh! Then they will prevent the members from doing wrong.”

Source : William Cobbett (2012). “A History of the Protestant Reformation in England and Ireland”, p.231, TAN Books
“No matter what situation we find ourselves in, we can always set our compass to our highest intentions in the present moment”
“My life don't make a lot of sense.... It don't make sense that I go around the country killing people. Period. It don't make sense doing that.”
“In striving to produce an attractive headline, the copywriter should not emphasize the "quick, easy way" to such an extent that the headline becomes unbelievable.”

Source : John Caples (1932). “Tested Advertising Methods: How to Profit by Removing Guesswork”
“Most religious stories and mythologies have some sort of similar root, some sort of global archetypes.”
“Physical separateness can never be overcome by electronics, but only by 'conviviality,' by 'living together' in the most literal physical sense. The physically divided are also the conquered and the controlled. 'True desires' - erotic, gustatory, olfactory, musical, aesthetic, psychic, & spiritual - are best attained in a context of freedom of self and other in physical proximity & mutual aid. Everything else is at best a sort of representation.”

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