"Want of imagination makes things unreal enough to be destroyed. By imagination I mean knowledge and love. I mean compassion. People of power kill children, the old send the young to die, because they have no imagination. They have power. Can you have power and imagination at the same time? Can you kill people you donâ€™t know and have compassion for them at the same time?"

-- Wendell Berry

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“Weak is that throne, and in itself unsound, Which takes not solid virtue for its ground.”

Source : Charles Churchill (1772). “Poems: By Charles Churchill. In Three Volumes. With Large Corrections and Additions. To which is Added, the Life of the Author. Adorned with Cuts”
“Set the gearshift for the high gear of your soul. You've got to run like an antelope, out of control.”
“Cats are peaceful and tranquil - they bring calmness with their serene personalities.”
“Live near to God, and so all things will appear to you little In comparison to eternal realities.”
“If you are unclear about what attitudes you adhere to, you will have a difficult time evaluation which ones are not serving your highest good.”
“Well, first of all, we now have everybody with the exception of India, Pakistan, and Israel, and I dont think these three countries are going to join by simply providing them an incentive, in terms of technology.”
“Successful hunting, it could be said, is an act of terminal empathy: the kill depends on how successfully a hunter inserts himself into the umwelt of his prey--even to the point of disguising himself as that animal and mimicking its behavior.”

Source : John Vaillant (2010). “The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival”, p.164, Vintage
“It is the food which you furnish to your mind that determines the whole character of your life.”

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