“Saruman believes it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love. Why Bilbo Baggins? Perhaps because I am afraid, and he gives me courage.”
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“Tant qu’il existera, par le fait des lois et des mœurs, une damnation sociale créant artificiellement, en pleine civilisation, des enfers, et compliquant d’une fatalité humaine la destinée qui est divine; tant que les trois problèmes du siècle, la dégradation de l’homme par le prolétariat, la déchéance de la femme par la faim, l’atrophie de l’enfant par la nuit, ne seront pas résolus; tant que, dans de certaines régions, l’asphyxie sociale sera possible; en d’autres termes, et à un point de vue plus étendu encore, tant qu’il y aura sur la terre ignorance et misère, des livres de la nature de celui-ci pourront ne pas être inutiles.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
“Society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”
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“Through a strange kind of geographic arrogance, Europeans like to think that the world was a silent, dark, unknown place until they trooped out and discovered it.”
― House of the Tiger King : The Quest for a Lost City
― House of the Tiger King : The Quest for a Lost City
“Carve out and claim the time to care for yourself and kindle your own fire.”
― The Art and Business of Teaching Yoga: The Yoga Professional's Guide to a Fulfilling Career
― The Art and Business of Teaching Yoga: The Yoga Professional's Guide to a Fulfilling Career
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