"With the more endowed nations constrained by their own higher technological capacity for self-destruction as well as by self interest, war may have become a luxury that only the poor peoples of this world can afford."

-- Zbigniew Brzezinski

#War Quotes #Self Quotes #Luxury Quotes

“People who believe in a divine creator, trying to live their lives in obedience to his supposed wishes and in expectation of a supposed eternal reward, are victims of the greatest confidence trick of all time.”
“What has changed is that when I photographed, most people that I photographed didn't have the right of refusal on their work. It would take a Marilyn Monroe at her height to be able to dictate that.”
“I do comedy shows. I make fun of myself, first of all.”
“Oh, to be seventy again!”

Source : "Ego 3". Book by James Agate, 1938.
“Still lie the sheltering snows, undimmed and white; And reigns the winter's pregnant silence still; No sign of spring, save that the catkins fill, And willow stems grow daily red and bright. These are days when ancients held a rite Of expiation for the old year's ill, And prayer to purify the new year's will.”

Source : Helen Hunt Jackson (1891). “A Calendar of Sonnets”, p.4, Library of Alexandria
“Happiness comes from knowing what you truly value, and behaving in a way that's consistent with those beliefs.”
“Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God.”
“Meditation is earnest prayer, and when prayer progresses, it becomes true meditation.”

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