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In America, we are still arguing over the meaning of sentences drafted over candlelight by slaveholders nearly one hundred years before Darwin posited the theory of evolution.
“When someone seeks," said Siddhartha, "then it easily happens that his eyes see only the thing that he seeks, and he is able to find nothing, to take in nothing because he always thinks only about the thing he is seeking, because he has one goal, because he is obsessed with his goal. Seeking means: having a goal. But finding means: being free, being open, having no goal.”
― Siddhartha
― Siddhartha
“When given an opportunity, deliver excellence and never quit.”
― Rebel Without a Crew, or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player
― Rebel Without a Crew, or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player
“When Alexander the Great visited the philosopher Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for him, Diogenes is said to have replied: ‘Yes, stand a little less between me and the sun.’ It is what every citizen is entitled to ask of his government.”
― Economics in One Lesson
― Economics in One Lesson
“A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.”
― The Sirens of Titan
― The Sirens of Titan
“I am easily inspired by measurable progress...”
― Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal
― Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal
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