"A human being is like a television set with millions of channels.... We cannot let just one channel dominate us. We have the seed of everything in us, and we have to recover our own sovereignty."

-- Nhat Hanh

#Television Quotes #Sovereignty Quotes #Humans Quotes

“For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of despair.”
“It was possible, maybe, to have facts in your mind that weren't facts at all. You could build a whole life's story on false assumptions. You could make truths out of untruths and untruths out of truths. Until you spoke them, really said them out loud or checked for sure, you may not have known which were which.”
“I am fascinated by language in daily life: the way it can evoke an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth.”

Source : Amy Tan (2003). “The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life”, p.181, Penguin
“I think my government are fascists. I feel that if we don't change from a society that worships money and power over to one that worships compassion and generosity, there is no hope for human survival this century.”
“On the throne, one has many worries; and remorse is the one that weighs the least.”
“To be a Christian, you canâ€™t go with the flow. You have to go by the Word of God.”
“Sympathy for victims is always counter-balanced by an equal and opposite feeling of resentment towards them.”
“If you need to raise funds from donors, you need to study them, respect them, and build everything you do around them.”

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