"Membership in a conspiracy, as in an army, frees people from the sense of personal responsibility."

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Frank Herbert

#Responsibility Quotes #Army Quotes #People Quotes

“The triumph can't be had without the struggle.”
“Have the confidence to be your own person.”

Source : "Olivia Hussey—Romeo and Juliet". GrouchoReviews interview, grouchoreviews.com. January 10, 2008.
“In wishing to know ourselves fully, we must forget our quest for gain and seek only completion. At a certain point in our development, we no longer even seek to become Mystic, Magister, Sorcerer, or Witch: we seek only our own perfection in the wholeness of our Will, in the joining of light with dark and strength with love. We are varied and gorgeous yet pure of heart. Our aim is this: to know ourselves and to know the world.”

Source : T. Thorn Coyle (2009). “Kissing the Limitless: Deep Magic and the Great Work of Transforming Yourself and the World”, p.16, Weiser Books
“We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.”
“I often play a move I know how to refute.”
“I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.”
“Roaring dreams take place in a perfectly silent mind. Now that we know this, throw the raft away.”
“The 2.4 million bright, brave, incredibly fit and remarkably talented young Americans who have served in our armed forces since we were attacked on 9-11-01 are all volunteers. As General Petraeus put it during a conversation we had in Afghanistan, 'They all came or stayed, knowing they were going to war.' For more than a decade, these patriots and their loved ones have made extraordinary sacrifices for this country. They embody the classical definition of heroes: those who put themselves at risk for the benefit of others.”

Source : "The Heroes of 2011" by Oliver North, www.foxnews.com. November 11, 2011.

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