"In History, stagnant waters, whether they be the stagnant waters of custom or those of despotism, harbour no life; life is dependent on the ripples created by a few eccentric individuals. In homage to that life & vitality, the community has to brave certain perils and must countenance a measure of heresy. One must live dangerously if one wants to live at all."

-- Herbert Read

#Peace Quotes #Water Quotes #Community Quotes

“The biggest gift I received as a martial artist is without a question the capacity to be in peace.”
“If you're retired, it's a blessing. You know, if you want to keep working and doing what you want to do, it's not a blessing as all - it's a curse.”

Source : Interview with Stephen Thompson, www.avclub.com. August 26, 1997.
“No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.”
“Pay attention to the beauty surrounding you.”
“I have never felt a placard and a poem are in any way similar.”
“But I give best when I give from that deeper place; when I give simply, freely and generously, and sometimes for no particular reason. I give best when I give from my heart.”
“People who don't know anything tend to make up fake rules, the real rules being considerably more difficult to learn.”
“Paradoxical as it may at first appear, the fact is that, as W. H. George has said, scientific research is an art, not a science.”

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