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| Fermentation and civilization are inseparable. |
| ~John Ciardi (1916-1986) ~ |
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| Every educated man who tries to understand the forces at work in the world in which he is living … must have some interest in that peculiar kind of mental labour, which works and acts in the sciences in question. |
| ~ -On the Conservation of Force Hermann von Helmholtz ~ |
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| Civilization has not ever been the brother of equality. Freedom was born among the wild eyries in the mountains; and barbarous tribes have sheltered under her wings, when the enlightened people of the plain have nestled under different pinions. |
| ~ Herman Melville (1819–1891), U.S. author. Mardi (1849), ch. 161, The Writings of Herman Melville, vol. 3, eds. Harrison Hayford, Hershel Parker, and G. Thomas Tanselle (1970). Read from a scroll. ~ |
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| As the Swiss inscription says: Sprechen ist silbern, Schweigen ist golden,-"Speech is silvern, Silence is golden;" or, as I might rather express it, Speech is of Time, Silence is of Eternity. |
| ~ Thomas Carlyle, Sartor Resartus. Book iii. Chap. iii. ~ |
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| Imagine my surprise, nay, my consternation, when without moving from his privacy, Bartleby in a singularly mild, firm voice, replied, “I would prefer not to.” |
| ~ Herman Melville (1819–1891), U.S. author. “Bartleby” (1853), The Piazza Tales and Other Prose Pieces 1839-1860, The Writings of Herman Melville, vol. 9, eds. Harrison Hayford, Alma A. MacDougall, and G. Thomas Tanselle (1987). One of many instances in which Bartleby uses this phrase to refuse to work. ~ |
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| The human level of mental development is not complete. Even in the ordinary sense, within our inner state there are still many things to explore. This has nothing to do with religious ideology; this is spiritual. Some part of the brain's capability may be fully utilized only through deep meditation. But in the meantime, things can be explored in the ordinary way. So from that viewpoint, the human being is unfinished. |
| ~ The Path to Tranquility, January 13, 14th Dalai Lama ~ |
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| My position as regards the monied interests can be put in a few words. In every civilized society property rights must be carefully safeguarded; ordinarily and in the great majority of cases, human rights and property rights are fundamentally and in the long run, identical; but when it clearly appears that there is a real conflict between them, human rights must have the upper hand; for property belongs to man and not man to property. |
| ~ THEODORE ROOSEVELT, address at the Sorbonne, Paris, France, April 23, 1910.—“Citizenship in a Republic,” The Strenuous Life (vol. 13 of The Works of Theodore Roosevelt, national ed.), chapter 21, pp. 515–16 (1926). ~ |
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| There is said to be a relationship between dreaming, on the one hand, and the gross and subtle levels of the body on the other. But it's also said there is such a thing as a "special dream state." In that state, the "special dream body" is created from the mind and from vital energy within the body. This special dream body is able to dissociate entirely from the gross physical body and travel elsewhere. One way of developing this special dream body is first of all to recognize the dream as a dream when it is over. Then you find that the dream is malleable, and you can make efforts to gain control over it. |
| ~ The Path to Tranquility, July 30, 14th Dalai Lama ~ |
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| Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are. |
| ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), U.S. president. FDR Speaks authorized edition of speeches, 1933-1945 (recordings of Franklin Roosevelt’s public addresses), side 2, Young Democrats clubs (Aug. 24, 1935), ed. Henry Steele Commager, Introduction by Eleanor Roosevelt, Washington Records, Inc. (1960). FDR tried to get young people to realize that they could and should blaze new trails, but, though they might alter traditions, they should live by principles. ~ |
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| On Smoking: One very great annoyance in open air gatherings is cigar smoke when blown directly in one's face or worse yet the smoke from a smouldering cigar. It is almost worthy of a study in air currents to discover why with plenty of space all around, a tiny column of smoke will make straight for the nostrils of the very one most nauseated by it! |
| ~ Emily Post, Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home, Chap. VI¶48, 1922 ~ |
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| Chapter 12 : always be honest 01 Do not desire a noble's wealth, 02 nor give a big mouthful of bread. 03 If he sets You to manage his property, 04 shun his, and yours will prosper. 05 Do not {seize the word} with a heated man, 06 nor befriend a hostile man. 07 If You are sent to transport straw, 08 stay away from its container. 09 If a man is observed on a fraudulent errand, 10 he will never (again) be sent on another occasion. |
| ~ The Instruction of Amenemope, Akhim, Egypt, ~1100 BC ~ |
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