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“Action has meaning only in relationship, and without understanding relationship, action on any level will only breed conflict. The understanding of relationship is infinitely more important than the search for any plan of action.”
― Jiddu Krishnamurti

tags: action, holism, interdependence, planning, relationship, understanding

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#2

“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship

tags: art, good-life, music, poetry, self-improvement

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#3

“Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.”
― Ezra Pound

tags: books, light, reading

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#4

“Faith is not a question of the existence or non-existence of God. It is believing that love without reward is valuable.”
― Emmanuel Levinas

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#5

“Nobody is capable of of free speech unless he knows how to use language, and such knowledge is not a gift: it has to learned and worked at. [p.93]”
― Northrop Frye, The Educated Imagination

tags: free-speech, literary-criticism

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#6

“Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.”
― Andre Gide

tags: truth

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#7

“May a man live well-enough and long-enough, to leave many joyful widows behind him.”
― Roman Payne, Cities & Countries

tags: life, men, pleasure, polygamy, roman-payne, widows, wives

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#8

“ಅಂಗಿಗೆ ಬೆಂಕಿ ಹತ್ತಿದಾಗ ನೋವಿನಿಂದ ವಿಲಿವಿಲಿ ಒದ್ದಾಡಿದ ದೇಹದ 'ಸಾಯಬಾರದು' ಎಂಬ ಸಂಕಲ್ಪದ ಹಿಂದೆ ಕೋಟಿ ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಇತಿಹಾಸವಿದ್ದರೆ 'ಯಾಕೆ ಬದುಕಿರಬೇಕು?' ಎಂದು ಕೇಳಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವ, ಅರಿಯಬೇಕೆನ್ನುವ, ವಿವೇಕಪ್ರಜ್ಞೆ ತೀರಾ ಇತ್ತೀಚಿನದು, ಅಲ್ಲವೇ?”
― Yashwant Chittal, ಶಿಕಾರಿ | Shikari

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