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“Innate in nearly every artistic nature is a wanton, treacherous penchant for accepting injustice when it creates beauty and showing sympathy for and paying homage to aristocratic privilege.”
― Thomas Mann, Death in Venice and Other Tales

“The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.”
― Joseph Campbell, A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living

“From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable.”
― Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”
― Upton Sinclair, I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked

“Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. ”
― Hannah Arendt

“Is it really so that the one I love is everywhere?”
― Rumi

“One of the necessary accompaniments of capitalism in a democracy is political corruption.”
― Uptown Sinclair

“The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either -- but right through every human heart -- and through all human hearts. This line shifts. Inside us, it oscillates with the years. And even within hearts overwhelmed by evil, one small bridgehead of good is retained”
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956

“Isn’t it queer: there are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before; like the larks in this country, that have been singing the same five notes over for thousands of years.”
― Willa Cather, O Pioneers!

“We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluable problems.”
― Lee Iacocca

“The immune system, the hypothalamus, the ventro-medial frontal cortices, and the Bill of Rights have the same root cause.”
― Antonio Damasio

“We are born in the shadow of fading memories and fallen dreams, living our days within the decaying bones of an age long gone.”
― Darran M. Handshaw, The Engineer

“I've never minded it," he went on. "Being lost, that is. I had always thought one could not truly be lost if one knew one's own heart. But I fear I may be lost without knowing yours.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Prince

“If you have strong will and determination then, No mountain is high enough to climb...
All you need is discover your passion and follow your dreams,
don't chase Luck, make it follow you ....”
― Santosh

“Anxiety’s arousal, triggered by the stress response, will alert you to something that’s bothering you—a sudden change at home or work, for instance. You pay attention and think through what’s at stake: What does this change mean for you? For your loved ones? Can you control the situation? By organizing your thoughts around what you can control, you draw upon serotonin, dopamine, and cortisol to keep you focused on next steps. This action keeps you emotionally regulated and goal-driven.”
― Wendy Suzuki, Good Anxiety: Harnessing the Power of the Most Misunderstood Emotion

“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. Simple in actions and in thoughts, you return to the source of being. Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are. Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching