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The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

by Arundhati Roy (Goodreads Author)

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Jun 27, 2017 08:49PM

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“We don't need a degree to learn the art of giving. We just need a heart.”
― Abaida Mahmood

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“The populace consists of individuals and free men, while the state is made up of numbers. When the state dominates, killing becomes abstract. Servitude began with the shepherds; in the river valleys it attained perfection with canals and dikes. Its model was the slavery in mines and mills. Since then, the ruses for concealing chains have been refined.”
― Ernst Jünger, Eumeswil

tags: freedom, servitude

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“Every seed wants to die in the soil! Every umbrella wants to live in a perpetually rainy world! Every mirror wants to see its own face in another mirror! Everything in this universe has dreams they wish to realise!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

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“Why do you feel so powerless? Go spend an hour with ants. Each of those black specks you see is a life. One whole life that you can save, take, or affect in some way. You have the power to make so many lives better. It is within you. Don’t lose sight of that.”
― Kamand Kojouri

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“Your judgments about another person say more about your own character than the character of the person you’re pointing a finger at.”
― Alaric Hutchinson, Living Peace: Essential Teachings For Enriching Life