"There are many men who would have done better than I did under the circumstances in which I found myself. If I had never held command, if I had fallen, there were 10,000 behind who would have followed the contest to the end and never surrendered the Union."

-- Ulysses S. Grant

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“Live within; be not shaken by outward happenings.”

Source : Aurobindo Ghose, Sri Aurobindo, Sri Aurobindo Ashram (1994). “Essays divine and human with thoughts and aphorisms”, Lotus Press (WI)
“Oh, these vast, calm, measureless mountain days, inciting at once to work and rest!”
“For we have always understood that when times change, so must we, that fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges, that preserving our individual freedoms ultimately requires collective action.”
“I didn't know that you were supposed to tune the guitar to an open chord, and I learned to play slide with a normal tuning. I think it's a little more melodic that way and doesn't sound so bluesy. Of course, if I could play like David Lindley or Ry Cooder, I'd be a happy man!”
“My favourite victory is when it is not even clear where my opponent made a mistake.”
“Theyâ€™re nothing more than domestic terrorists.”
“I would suggest that people do need to trust someone, to think they care about you. I believe that in my heart.”

Source : Source: www.sfgate.com
“I love to sit on a mountain top and gaze. I don't think of anything but the people I care about and the view.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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