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“God does not care If I am bad or good- He wants my love, Not my sainthood.”

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Sri Chinmoy was an Indian-American author, poet, musician, and yoga instructor. Born on August 27, 1931, and passed away on October 11, 2007, he is renowned for his extensive literary works, musical compositions, and the promotion of yoga. more

“The question of good and evil will always be one of philosophy's most intriguing problems, up there with the problem of existence itself...If evil means to be self motivated, to be the center of one's own universe, to live on one's own terms, then every artist, every thinker, every original mind, is evil. Because we dare to look through our own eyes rather than mouth cliches lent us from the so-called Fathers. To dare to see is to steal fire from the Gods. This is mankind's destiny, the engine with fuels us as a race.”

“If it ever seems to us that the world is a place where bad things only happen to good people, it is because we still believe that bad things happening to bad people is a good thing.”

People Ifs World Believe Stills Seems Happens Happenings Good Things Things Happen Bad Things Good People Bad People Bad Things Happen

Author:Philip K. Jason

“That good is the enemy of great is not just a business problem. It is a human problem.”

Humans Problem Enemy Human Problems Business Problems

Author:James C. Collins

“There are no principles; there are only events. There is no good and bad, there are only circumstances.”

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Author:Honore de Balzac

“Philosophy is good advice, and no one gives good advice at the top of his lungs.”

Giving Philosophy Advice Lungs Good Advice

Author:Seneca the Younger

“There is a good saying to the effect that when a new book appears one should read an old one. As as author I would not recommend too strict an adherence to this saying.”

Should Book Effects Strict New Books Adherence

Book:Europe Unite: Speeches 1947 and 1948

Source: Europe Unite: Speeches 1947 and 1948

“"What is good for a bootless bene?" With these dark words begins my tale; And their meaning is, Whence can comfort spring When prayer is of no avail?”

Dark Prayer Comfort Spring Tales

Book:The Poems of William Wordsworth: Collected Reading Texts from the Cornell Wordsworth Series

Source: The Poems of William Wordsworth: Collected Reading Texts from the Cornell Wordsworth Series

“O good old man, how well in thee appears The constant service of the antique world, When service sweat for duty, not for meed! Thou art not for the fashion of these times, Where none will sweat but for promotion, And having that do choke their service up Even with the having. . . .”

Men World Wells Art Fashion Duty Constant Thee Old Man Sweat Promotion Choke Antiques

Author:William Shakespeare

“One good deed dying tongueless Slaughters a thousand waiting upon that. Our praises are our wages.”

Death Waiting Dying Thousand Praise Deeds Wages Good Deeds Slaughter

Author:William Shakespeare

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