"For the will and not the gift makes the giver."

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Source : "Nathan der Weise" by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, I. 5, 1779.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

“I am always late on principle, my principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.”
“CO2 from air can replace petroleum: it can produce plastics and acetate, it can produce carbon fibers that replace metals and clean hydrocarbons, such as synthetic gasoline. We can use CO2 to desalinate water, enhance the production of vegetables and fruit in greenhouses, carbonate our beverages and produce biofertilizers that enhance the productivity of the soil without poisoning it. Carbon negative technology is absolutely needed now.”

Source : "Global Warming and the Future of Humanity: An Interview With Noam Chomsky and Graciela Chichilnisky". Interview with C.J. Polychroniou, truthout.org. September 17, 2016.
“Repeat nothing - absolutely nothing - that is told you in confidence. There is no such thing as telling just one person.”
“I think everybody at some point - especially if they've been working their whole lives - should take time out and think about what they've done.”
“We are little flames poorly sheltered by frail walls against the storm of dissolution and madness, in which we flicker and sometimes almost go outâ€¦we creep in upon ourselves and with big eyes stare into the nightâ€¦and thus we wait for morning.”
“Every sleepy boy and girl in every bed around the world- Can hear the stars up in the sky whispering a lullaby”
“Every sentence stands on its own. Whether that's fair or not, that's kind of the way it is.”
“To me a saint is a severely edited sinner. That's what I think.”

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