"One policeman may be a friend, but two are the Law."

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Source : Margery Allingham (1969). “The Allingham Case-book”

Margery Allingham

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“Control your own time. Don't let it be done for you. If you are working off the in-box that is fed you, you are probably working on the priority of others.”
“Generosity is not limited to the giving of material things. We can be generous with our kindness and receptivity. Generosity can mean the simple giving of a smile or extending ourselves to really listen to a friend. Paradoxically, even being willing to receive the generosity of others can be a form of generosity.”

Source : Gil Fronsdal (2008). “The Issue at Hand”, p.34, Insight Meditation Center
“We ask God to endow human souls with justice so that they may be fair and may strive to provide for the comfort of all that each member of humanity may pass his life in the utmost comfort and welfare. Then this material world will become the very paradise of the Kingdom this elemental earth will be in a heavenly state and all the servants of God will live in the utmost joy happiness and gladness. We must all strive and concentrate all our thoughts in order that such happiness may accrue to the world of humanity.”
“As a human being, possessing education, talent, and recourses obligates you to help others less fortunate.”
“They are constantly trying to drive us into a corner because we have an independent position, because we maintain it and because we tell it like it is and don't engage in hypocrisy. But there is a limit to everything. And with Ukraine, our Western partners have crossed the line, playing the bear and acting irresponsibly and unprofessionally.”
“The secret of my success is that I always managed to live to fly another day.”
“The most dangerous kind of girl involvement with gangs is one where the girls are just sort of hanging around the gang boys or even being part of the male gang.”
“If you continue to blame other people for â€œmakingâ€ you feel guilty, they still have power over you, and you are saying that you will only feel good when they stop doing that. You are giving them control over your life. Stop blaming other people.”

Source : Henry Cloud, John Townsend (2008). “Boundaries: When To Say Yes, How to Say No”, p.275, Zondervan

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