"We ourselves cannot put any magic spells on this world. The world is its own magic."

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Shunryu Suzuki

#Magic Quotes #World Quotes #This World Quotes

“I feel like the people from Iceland have a different relationship with their country than other places. Most Icelandic people are really proud to be from there, and we don't have embarrassments like World War II where we were cruel to other people.”
“If the only way I can make myself look good is to criticize you, something is seriously wrong with me.”
“And when it's all done, when there's no one left you'll come back for me. And tell me who I am and why I have to do what I do. And explain 'Eternity.' You'll come back”
“People are of two types, they are either your brothers in faith or your equals in humanity.”
“I don't think it's that strange that a show has sort of a bumpy beginning. It's just part and parcel of the process.”
“To fight oppression, and to work as best we can for a sane organization of society, we do not have to abandon the state of mind offreedom. If we do that we are letting the same thuggery in by the back door that we are fighting off in front of the house.”
“Accident is simply unforeseen order.”
“The best intentions (of respect and tolerance) can often be annoying to those whose cultures are not in dominance: we feel that we are often zoological specimens.”

Source : Vijay Prashad (2001). “Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting: Afro-Asian Connections and the Myth of Cultural Purity”

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