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“I’m sure a lot of you have tripped out on alcohol. It’s a lot safer to do it on marijuana”

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Mike Gravel, a former United States Senator, was born on May 13, 1930. He served as a Senator from Alaska and had a rich experience in politics and public affairs. more

“We have become a nation ruled by fear. Since the end of the Second World War, various political leaders have fostered fear in the American people--fear of communism, fear of terrorism, fear of immigrants, fear of people based on race and religion, fear of gays and lesbians in love who just want to get married and fear of people who are somehow different. It is fear that allows political leaders to manipulate us all and distort our national priorities.”

Source: A Political Odyssey: The Rise of American Militarism and One Man's Fight to Stop It

“Golf and dating don't mix.”

Dating Golf

Author:Larry David

“Christian obligation cannot be made to accord with a law of expediency. The Christian's maxims are, Do right because you are bound to do right. Do right though the heavens fall. There is a world of difference between You had better and You are bound to.”

World Made Christian Law Fall Heaven Differences Bounds Obligation Maxims Accord Expediency

Author:Francis Landey Patton

“I cannot bear to think that our young men are merely living four years in a country club and spending their lives wholly in a spirit of calculation and snobbishness.”

Thinking Men Years Country Young Spirit Four Bears Clubs Spending Young Man Four Years Calculations Country Clubs Snobbishness

Author:John Grier Hibben

“It is the man that makes the motive, and not the motive the man.”

Men He Man Motive

Book:The Method of the Divine Government

Source: The Method of the Divine Government

“I hold that we have a very imperfect knowledge of the works of nature till we view them as works of God,— not only as works of mechanism, but works of intelligence, not only as under laws, but under a Lawgiver, wise and good.”

Law Views Wise Imperfect Mechanism

Book:Christianity and Positivism: A Series of Lectures to the Times on Natural Theology and Apologetics

Source: Christianity and Positivism: A Series of Lectures to the Times on Natural Theology and Apologetics

“The venerable dead are waiting in my library to entertain me and relieve me from the nonsense of surviving mortals.”

Waiting Library Mortals Nonsense Surviving

Author:Samuel Davies

“We stop the one who can't cease from seeking things outside, and practice with our bodies with a posture that seeks absolutely nothing. This is zazen.”

Body Practice Seeking Cease Absolutely Nothing Posture

Author:Kodo Sawaki

“To be born as a human being is a rare thing, something to be grateful for. But being born as a human being is worthless if you spend your whole life in a mental hospital. It is worthless if you worry about not having money. It is worthless if you become neurotic because you cannot get a prestigious job. It is worthless if you weep because you lose your girlfriend.”

Ifs Humans Whole Jobs Born Loses Human Beings Worry Grateful Whole Life Girlfriend Hospitals Be Grateful Worthless Neurotic Your Girlfriend Rare Things Prestigious

Author:Kodo Sawaki

“Heaven and Earth give themselves. Air, water, plants, animals, and humans give themselves to each other. It is in this giving-themselves-to-each-other that we actually live. Whether you appreciate it or not, it is true.”

Giving Humans Earth Heaven Water Animal Air Appreciate Plant Heaven And Earth Humans And Animals

Author:Kodo Sawaki

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