"Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. If you desire glory, you may envy Napoleon, but Napoleon envied Caesar, Caesar envied Alexander, and Alexander, I daresay, envied Hercules, who never existed."

-- Bertrand Russell

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“We all, I think, believe in compassion. If you look at all the world religions, all the main world religions, you'll find within them some teaching concerning compassion.”
“The â€˜equilibriumâ€™ that people see in me is really an illusion. I am as flawed as anyone. Itâ€™s only that I seem to have the knack of hiding.”
“He has that uniqueness to respond to a tough situation with ease. He does not involve himself much emotionally, and thatâ€™s his quality. India are lucky to have a captain like Dhoni.”
“Act always so as to increase the number of choices”

Source : Heinz Von Foerster (1984). “Observing Systems”
“No far from it. Faaaaarrr from that.”
“With each piece I've completed I have worked to make it intact, and each of them has been an equal high. It's like children. A mother refuses to pick out one as a favorite, and I can't do any better with the dances.”
“None dare challenge me when i say i am an Afrikan.”

Source : Thabo Mbeki (1998). “Africa: the time has come : selected speeches”
“when the boogie man goes to sleep he checks his closet for me”

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