"To keep up even a worthwhile tradition means vitiating the idea behind it which must necessarily be in a constant state of evolution: it is mad to try to express new feelings in a mummified form."

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Source : Katharine Noel, Alfred Jarry (2007). “Selected works of Alfred Jarry”, Grove Pr

Alfred Jarry

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“If by sticking to the moral principles you have followed all your life, you jeopardize your happiness and that of others, throw over your principles. Principles for principles' sake -that is not wisdom; that is obstinacy. Principles should be fluid because life is fluid.”

Source : "Don Pañong - Genius" by A.V.H. Hartendorp, Philippine Magazine, p. 211, September 1929.
“Many people find spiritual growth possible only when times are hard; prosperity tends to promote complacency.”
“Consciousness is either inexplicable illusion, or else revelation.”
“I love playing against Philip Rivers because he is so competitive, he is so fiery. You can just tell how he just gets his guys going.”
“...all of a sudden I felt filled up again, so that my heart might come up my throat. And I was thinking how that can come over you, out of nowhere, and if it wasn't such a fine feeling, it might almost be frightening. Like there's more love and good thoughts and powerful things inside of you than one body can hold.”
“I always tell myself that it is very, very important for me to be a good role model for Alma, my daughter.”

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“Other relaxations are peculiar to certain times, places and stages of life, but the study of letters is the nourishment of our youth, and the joy of our old age. They throw an additional splendor on prosperity, and are the resource and consolation of adversity; they delight at home, and are no embarrassment abroad; in short, they are company to us at night, our fellow travelers on a journey, and attendants in our rural recesses.”
“When you don't follow your nature there is a hole in the universe where you were supposed to be.”

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