"It is dangerous for a spiritual master to accept almost any aspirant. Although it is an aspect of mercy, it is dangerous. The danger also depends on the spiritual potency of the particular guru. Without sufficient potency, a few offensive or faithless disciples can lead to the guru's fall."

-- Bhakti Tirtha Swami

#Spiritual Quotes #Fall Quotes #Offensive Quotes

“I love independent filmmaking. I don't agree with a lot of it, but that's the point.”
“Today at least I live in a better place”
“I can't even say 'hair pie,'' I told him, 'unless I'm talking about an actual pie made out of rabbits....”
“Their task [creative artists], therefore, is to communicate directly from one inward world to another, in such a way that an actual shock of experience will have been rendered: not a mere statement for the information or persuasion of a brain, but an effective communication across the void of space and time from one center of consciousness to another.”
“Dinosaurs may be extinct from the face of the planet, but they are alive and well in our imaginations.”
“The wars of the future will be fought by computer technicians and by lawyers and high-altitude specialists, and that may mean war will be increasingly abstract, hard to think about and hard to control.”
“Study hard, practice hard, play ferociously.”
“It is like a dream to feel the machine lift you gently up in the air, float smoothly over one spot,”

Source : Igor Ivan Sikorsky (1964). “Recollections and Thoughts of a Pioneer: Presented at the Wings Club on November 16, 1964, New York City”

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