"If then it be possible that one contrary should exist, or be called into existence, the other contrary will also appear to be possible."

-- Aristotle

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“Only the incompetent wait until the last extremity to use force, and by then, it is usually too late to use anything, even prayer.”

Source : H. Beam Piper (2010). “A Slave Is a Slave”, p.5, eStar Books
“In general, therefore, color is a means of exerting a direct influence upon the soul. Color is the keyboard. The eye is the hammer. The soul is the piano with its many strings. The artist is the hand that purposefully sets the soul vibrating by means of this or that key.”
“I love him Ginny... and in love, there is no fear.”
“The body is an object in which we are all privileged, or doomed, to dwell, the source of feelings of well-being and pleasure, but also the site of illnesses and strains. (...) [I]t is an action-system, a mode of praxis, and its practical immersion in the interactions of day-to-day life is an essential part of the sustaining of a coherent sense of self-identity.”

Source : Anthony Giddens (2013). “Modernity and Self-Identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age”, p.103, John Wiley & Sons
“There is no religion higher than Truth.”

Source : H. P. Blavatsky (2016). “The Key to Theosophy: An Exposition on the Ethics, Science, and Philosophy of Theosophy”, p.3, Kshetra Books
“Our citizenship in the United States is our national character. Our citizenship in any particular state is only our local distinction. By the latter we are known at home, by the former to the world. Our great title is AMERICANS...”
“The concept of humanity is an especially useful ideological instrument of imperialist expansion, and in its ethical-humanitarian form it is a specific vehicle of economic imperialism. Here one is reminded of a somewhat modified expression of Proudhonâ€™s: whoever invokes humanity wants to cheat. To confiscate the word humanity, to invoke and monopolize such a term probably has certain incalculable effects, such as denying the enemy the quality of being human and declaring him to be an outlaw of humanity; and a war can thereby be driven to the most extreme inhumanity.”

Source : Carl Schmitt (2008). “The Concept of the Political: Expanded Edition”, p.54, University of Chicago Press
“God uses people to help others. I only pray my faith is strong enough to get me through what I have to face.”

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