"Biography is one of the new terrors of death."

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Source : Letter to Jonathan Swift, 13 Jan. 1733

John Arbuthnot

#Biographies Quotes #Terror Quotes

“We need more people speaking out. This country is not overrun with rebels and free thinkers. It's overrun with sheep and conformists.”
“Self must be denied as to time and attention for prayer. All-prayer cannot be wielded without the expenditure of time. "A minute with God" seldom lays hold of Him. Sustained prayer is necessary. Such time may only be found by snatching it from personal pursuits, however legitimate they may be.”
“The real people who hold our civilization together are the maintenance people. If it weren't for them - pumping water out of subways, painting bridges to keep from rusting, fixing a steam pipe that is 70 years old - we'd be sunk. If we got rid of all the politicians and the policymakers in the world, the world would keep going. If you get rid of maintenance people, the whole thing breaks down.”

Source : Source: www.today.com
“An image is better than one thousand words”
“As a cartoonist, I'm a caricaturist. First you find out what somebody really looks like, and then you find out what they 'really' look like.”
“It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.”

Source : "Wake Up, Parents!". Column at Jewish World Review, www.jewishworldreview.com. August 18, 2000.
“With the practice of deep meditation the mind contacts the Bliss Consciousness of the Spirit and becomes more peaceful, happy, creative and powerful. This state of mind enriches all values of material life.”
“A sobering thought: what if, at this very moment, I am living up to my full potential?”

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