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We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for much longer unless we see read more
We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for much longer unless we see it as a whole spaceship and our fate as common. It has to be everybody or nobody.
The sacrifice which causes sorrow to the doer of the sacrifice is no sacrifice. Real sacrifice lightens the mind of read more
The sacrifice which causes sorrow to the doer of the sacrifice is no sacrifice. Real sacrifice lightens the mind of the doer and gives him a sense of peace and joy. The Buddha gave up the pleasures of life because they had become painful to him.
Personally, I hold that a man, who deliberately and intelligently takes a pledge and then breaks it, forfeits his manhood.
Personally, I hold that a man, who deliberately and intelligently takes a pledge and then breaks it, forfeits his manhood.
It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;-- it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient read more
It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;-- it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.
He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.
He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.
No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you.
No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you.
What is forgiven is usually well remembered.
What is forgiven is usually well remembered.
They had a dispute about a night out with the boys. But he finally decided to let her go.
They had a dispute about a night out with the boys. But he finally decided to let her go.
The bird of paradise alights only on the hand that does not grasp.
The bird of paradise alights only on the hand that does not grasp.
