"It is unfair to blame man too fiercely for being pugnacious; he learned the habit from Nature."

-- Christopher Morley

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“When you give without reservation, youâ€™ll become a magnet that pulls the world toward you.”

Source : FaceBook post by Russell Simmons from Sep 21, 2015
“My parents always pushed creativity on us, but they made it seem like the fun thing to do.”
“All literature, highbrow or low, from the Aeneid onward, is fan fiction....Through parody and pastiche, allusion and homage, retelling and reimagining the stories that were told before us and that we have come of age loving--amateurs--we proceed, seeking out the blank places in the map that our favorite writers, in their greatness and negligence, have left for us, hoping to pass on to our own readers--should we be lucky enough to find any--some of the pleasure that we ourselves have taken in the stuff that we love: to get in on the game. All novels are sequels; influence is bliss.”
“Gays have always been in the military. Alexander the Great was originally Alexander the Fabulous. A gay man invented C-rations. He claims he could never talk anyone into the cilantro garnish. Obviously, gays were not allowed to design the outfits, because we never would have stayed with the earth tones for so long.”

Source : Kate Clinton (2012). “Don't Get Me Started”, p.51, Bywater Books
“The absence of consistent biblical worldview thinking is a key mark of spiritual immaturity.”
“The question is not, "Is climate change happening?" Nor is the question, "Is climate change man-made?" Rather, we need to realize itÊ¼s already here, and start asking, "What are we going to do about it?"”
“Godâ€™s power rests not on totalizing omnipotence, but on His ability to alchemize suffering, tragedy, and loss into wisdom, understanding, and joy.”
“Know that the philosopher has power over the stars, and not the stars over him.”

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