"Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways. [Fr., Coups de fourches ni d'etriveres, Ne lui font changer de manieres.]"

-- Jean de La Fontaine

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“A lot of kids do look up to us. But there are just as many elderly people to put us down.”
“What the Democrats have to understand is that while we do need to reform our regulation and we do need more restrictions, it is true that it is capitalism and free enterprise and companies that create jobs and wealth for every American.”
“I really wanted to share with people the day-to-day joys that yoga can bring into one's life-not just the physical aspects.”
“We cannot by ourselves reduce the number of nuclear weapons in the world, but we are doing what has to be done all over the world if those weapons are one day to be eliminated. We will not contemplate any circumstance in which their possession or threatened use is justified. We reject the secrecy and hypocrisy which surrounds the continuing refinement of the technology.”

Source : David Lange's Right Livelihood Award Acceptance Speech, www.rightlivelihoodaward.org. December 31, 2003.
“Hell is to be contemplated strictly as a matter which concerns me alone. As part of the spiritual life it belongs behind the 'closed door' of my own room. From the standpoint of living faith, I cannot fundamentally believe in anyone's damnation but my own; as far as my neighbor is concerned, the light of resurrection can never be so obscured that I would be allowed or obliged to stop hoping for him.”

Source : Hans Urs von Balthasar (1986). “Prayer”, p.266, Ignatius Press
“Being natural is one of the most irritating poses I know in people.”
“People sometimes talk about the power of first impressions, and believe me, there is truth to it.”
“I remain totally convinced that if we can do one more simple thing to help kids and adults to learn more, it is to inspire them to read more.”

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