"That past which is so presumptuously brought forward as a precedent for the present, was itself founded on some past that went before it."

-- Madame de Stael

#Past Quotes #Precedent Quotes

“I'm no good at cooking or music, but I've always known how to garden. Nobody ever taught me; I just absorbed it. Some families are churchgoers or sports fans. We gardened.”
“The tradition of nonviolence, optimism, concern for the individual, and unconditional compassion that developed in Tibet is the culmination of a slow inner revolution, a cool one, hard to see, that began 2,500 years ago with the Buddha's insight about the end of suffering. What I have learned from these people has forever changed my life, and I believe their culture contains an inner science particularly relevant to the difficult time in which we live.”
“We cannot fathom the marvelous complexity of an organic being; but on the hypothesis here advanced this complexity is much increased. Each living creature must be looked at as a microcosm--a little universe, formed of a host of self-propagating organisms, inconceivably minute and as numerous as the stars in heaven.”
“I think the love-hate is fundamental. Everyone hates reality television, and everyone's watching it. Everyone hates Facebook, and everyone is on it.”
“Watch against lip religion. Above all abide in Christ and he will abide in you.”
“Many governments are giving subsidies to fossil fuel production and consumption that encourage greenhouse gas emissions, at the same time as they are spending on projects to promote clean energy. This is a wasteful use of scarce budget resources.”
“If you are in here tonight and you have never contemplated suicideâ€¦you've never truly been in love. If you're in here tonight and you have never contemplated murderâ€¦you've never been divorced.”
“Give me better wood and I will make you a better cabinet.”

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