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“God has no religion.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that were never achieved and the many disappointments life has thrown at you. When something wonderful happens, you can’t wait to tell them about it, knowing they will share in your excitement. They are not embarrassed to cry with you when you are hurting or laugh with you when you make a fool of yourself. Never do they hurt your feelings or make you feel like you are not good enough, but rather they build you up and show you the things about yourself that make you special and even beautiful. There is never any pressure, jealousy or competition but only a quiet calmness when they are around. You can be yourself and not worry about what they will think of you because they love you for who you are. The things that seem insignificant to most people such as a note, song or walk become invaluable treasures kept safe in your heart to cherish forever. Memories of your childhood come back and are so clear and vivid it’s like being young again. Colours seem brighter and more brilliant. Laughter seems part of daily life where before it was infrequent or didn’t exist at all. A phone call or two during the day helps to get you through a long day’s work and always brings a smile to your face. In their presence, there’s no need for continuous conversation, but you find you’re quite content in just having them nearby. Things that never interested you before become fascinating because you know they are important to this person who is so special to you. You think of this person on every occasion and in everything you do. Simple things bring them to mind like a pale blue sky, gentle wind or even a storm cloud on the horizon. You open your heart knowing that there’s a chance it may be broken one day and in opening your heart, you experience a love and joy that you never dreamed possible. You find that being vulnerable is the only way to allow your heart to feel true pleasure that’s so real it scares you. You find strength in knowing you have a true friend and possibly a soul mate who will remain loyal to the end. Life seems completely different, exciting and worthwhile. Your only hope and security is in knowing that they are a part of your life.”
― Bob Marley

“Hate the sin, love the sinner.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.”
― Garrison Keillor

“Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Everything's gonna be fine. Stay optimistic. If there's dark clouds coming, they'll leave again. They always do. The world is round. Everything is round. The biggest invention of all time, the wheel, is round. Things pass, nothing will stay the same forever. No matter how big a pile of shite you've gotten yourself into-be it drugs, financial problems, fucked up relations-you will get over it. It will go away just like the weather. The sun is round, so is the planet we live on, as are marriage rings, and our eyes through which we see the world.”
― Noel Gallagher

“Mendidik adalah tanggung jawab setiap orang terdidik. Berarti juga, anak-anak yang tidak terdidik di Republik ini adalah "dosa" setiap orang terdidik yang dimiliki di Republik ini. Anak-anak nusantara tidak berbeda. Mereka semua berpotensi. Mereka hanya dibedakan oleh keadaan.”
― Anies Baswedan, Indonesia Mengajar

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

“My favorite pastime is staring out the window. When I go on tour, I can spend hours and hours just staring out the window, thinking about nothing. I love all that.”
― Noel Gallagher

“The future depends on what you do today.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Ian was living in fairyland and in our own way we all helped him to stay there.”
― Deborah Curtis, Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis and Joy Division

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Di sekolah, anak-anak belajar bahasa Indonesia, tetapi mereka tak pernah diajar berpidato, berdebat, menulis puisi tentang alam ataupun reportase tentang kehidupan. Mereka cuma disuruh menghafal : menghafal apa itu bunyi diftong, menghafal definisi tata bahasa, menghafal nama-nama penyair yang sajaknya tak pernah mereka baca.”
― Goenawan Mohamad, CATATAN PINGGIR 3

“A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man.”
― Mario Puzo, The Godfather

“Seonggok jagung di kamar
dan seorang pemuda
yang kurang sekolahan.
Memandang jagung itu,
sang pemuda melihat ladang;
ia melihat petani;
ia melihat panen;
dan suatu hari subuh,
para wanita dengan gendongan
pergi ke pasar ………..
Dan ia juga melihat
suatu pagi hari
di dekat sumur
gadis-gadis bercanda
sambil menumbuk jagung
menjadi maisena.
Sedang di dalam dapur
tungku-tungku menyala.
Di dalam udara murni
tercium kuwe jagung
Seonggok jagung di kamar
dan seorang pemuda.
Ia siap menggarap jagung
Ia melihat kemungkinan
otak dan tangan
siap bekerja
Tetapi ini :
Seonggok jagung di kamar
dan seorang pemuda tamat SLA
Tak ada uang, tak bisa menjadi mahasiswa.
Hanya ada seonggok jagung di kamarnya.
Ia memandang jagung itu
dan ia melihat dirinya terlunta-lunta .
Ia melihat dirinya ditendang dari diskotik.
Ia melihat sepasang sepatu kenes di balik etalase.
Ia melihat saingannya naik sepeda motor.
Ia melihat nomor-nomor lotre.
Ia melihat dirinya sendiri miskin dan gagal.
Seonggok jagung di kamar
tidak menyangkut pada akal,
tidak akan menolongnya.
Seonggok jagung di kamar
tak akan menolong seorang pemuda
yang pandangan hidupnya berasal dari buku,
dan tidak dari kehidupan.
Yang tidak terlatih dalam metode,
dan hanya penuh hafalan kesimpulan,
yang hanya terlatih sebagai pemakai,
tetapi kurang latihan bebas berkarya.
Pendidikan telah memisahkannya dari kehidupan.
Aku bertanya :
Apakah gunanya pendidikan
bila hanya akan membuat seseorang menjadi asing
di tengah kenyataan persoalannya ?
Apakah gunanya pendidikan
bila hanya mendorong seseorang
menjadi layang-layang di ibukota
kikuk pulang ke daerahnya ?
Apakah gunanya seseorang
belajat filsafat, sastra, teknologi, ilmu kedokteran,
atau apa saja,
bila pada akhirnya,
ketika ia pulang ke daerahnya, lalu berkata :
“ Di sini aku merasa asing dan sepi !”
― W.S. Rendra

“Never marry at all, Dorian. Men marry because they are tired, women, because they are curious: both are disappointed.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.”
― Rumi

“What you are is what you have been. What you'll be is what you do now.”
― Siddhārtha Gautama

“I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It's just that the translations have gone wrong.”
― John Lennon

“The eagle flies alone”
― Soe Hok Gie, Soe Hok-Gie...Sekali Lagi: Buku Pesta dan Cinta di Alam Bangsanya

“Dan seorang pahlawan adalah seorang yang mengundurkan diri untuk dilupakan seperti kita melupakan yang mati untuk revolusi .”
― Soe Hok Gie, Catatan Seorang Demonstran

“Many young men started down a false path to their true destiny. Time and fortune usually set them aright.”
― Mario Puzo, The Godfather