"Politics is not an exact science."

-- Otto von Bismarck

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“In history as in human life, regret does not bring back a lost moment and a thousand years will not recover something lost in a single hour.”
“A month ago there was nothing on Earth I missed, enjoyed, or longed for. I knew I could lose everything and not feel anything, and I rested easy in that knowledge. But I'm growing tired of easy things.”
“The world has found lenses on its nose without knowing whom to thank”
“One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, sleep to wake.”
“The dead have never bothered me. It's the living that I fear.”
“Time is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. Truth is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. You don't need anything else.”
“He acts without contact, instructs without meeting, guides without pointing. Desires do not conflict with Him, thoughts do not mingle with Him: His essence is without qualification (takyeef), His action without effort (takleef).”

Source : "Doctrine of Sufis". Book by Muhammed Al-Kalabadhi, translated by A.J. Arberry. Chapter 5, p. 16, 1977.
“A passive mindset "manages" to live with mediocre, but an active mindset "leads" to change until excellence results.”

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