"It is a curious thing... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste."

-- Evelyn Waugh

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“I want to sing because I want to sing.”
“When you approach spirituality as an adventure of being alive, you start as you would any adventure--with a sense of mystery and not-knowing. Instead of searching for answers that make you feel safe, you set out into the vastness of life and death, with a willingness to continually grow. You open up to the possibility that your ordinary life is an extraordinary adventure, and that your joys and sorrows have meaning. Spiritual practice becomes your rudder, offering direction and insight and discretion as you venture into the unknown.”

Source : Elizabeth Lesser (2008). “The Seeker's Guide: Making Your Life a Spiritual Adventure”, p.16, Ballantine Books
“The communism of Karl Marx would probably be actually the best for everybody as a whole. But what he didn't figure into was human nature, and that's what corrupts it.”
“I think the best post-breakup album is The Strokes' first album. It's just fun.”

Source : "The GQA: The Black Keys". Interview with Mark Anthony Green, www.gq.com. March 28, 2012.
“But more than 15 sections in Chapter 8 of the report-the key chapter setting out the scientific evidence for and against a human influence over the climate-were changed or deleted after the scientist charged with examining this question had accepted the supposedly final text...”
“To remain silent in the face of evil is itself a form of evil.”
“I have a very simple philosophy of life: Kindness. Ferocious, unrelenting, ruthless, committed, passionate, kindness. Life is sacred everywhere. We all have better things to do than beat each other up. Arguing for the exception is to invest it with energy, it's to negotiate the loophole. The commitment to kindness must be total.”
“...and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?”

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